Sgt Thaddeus Joseph Pasternak
Tokyo Military Prison Fire
Case History 111
Page 2

 

Four of the 17 pages of a report by the Legal Section, GHQ, SCAP, are presented below.

This contains a summation of identification of victims of the Tokyo Military Prison.

The complete document contains statements from POWs
who were in the Eastern District Kempei Tai prison
but not transferred to the Tokyo Military Prison.

Statements by SSgt Francis Reynolds and
Sgt Ray Hopper ( Law Crew ) concerning Sgt Pasternak are in the third page.

The last document ( Page 17) has a brief summary of
the efforts made to identify all the men who died.

 

REPORT OF INVESTIGATION DIVISION
LEGAL SECTION, GHQ
SCAP
2 JULY 1948

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PAGE 6
SGT PASTERNAK IS NUMBER 39

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PAGE 13
STATEMENTS BY SSGT FRANCIS REYNOLDS
AND
SGT RAY HOPPER

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PAGE 16
LAST KNOWN DATE OF TRANSFER
FROM
EASTERN DISTRICT KEMPEI TAI KEADQURTERS
TO
TOKYO MILITARY PRISON
14 MAY 1945

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PAGE 17
SUMMATION



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