SCREENSHOT
MANSELL PACIFIC POW DATABASE
used with permission
of
Wes Injerd

LT WARDE'S STATUS IS " EXECUTED "

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The first document is the top half of the
Team 3 and 4
Report of Recovery
with coordinates where remains were recovered :

City Cemetery- Chiba City, Central Japan
Sheet 31, Chiba
Coordinates ( 710.6 - 1400.9 )

Based on thorough study of the below maps,
I have concluded that these are not the correct coordinates.

These maps are from the
Perry Castaneda Map Collection
University of Texas
Austin
and
Google Maps

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The above coordinates indicate an area 6-8 miles south of Chiba City ( Chiba-Shi ).
Within the blue oval in Map NI-54-2 is an area of rice paddies.

In the first paragraph of the Report of Recovery is a sentence with the words:

Japanese Army Hospital in Chiba.

In paragraph 2 this hospital is mentioned specifically as Kokuritsu Hospital.

The Chiba University Hospital at one time was known as Kyoritsu Hospital.
A Google search stated that Chiba University Hospital
never had any connection to the military.

The map of Chiba City shows the location of the City Hall.
In the full size map are several unnamed hospitals
in the area as well as the location of the Miltary Police.

My information concerning where the
correct hospital was located is incomplete.

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MAP NI-54-2
COORDINATES ARE NOT THE SAME FORMAT
AS THOSE OF THE ARMY MAP SERVICE

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
ARE SAME
AREA WITH BLUE OVAL
IS RICE PADDIES

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