The remains of Lt Warde, SSgt Wells, and Sgt Wright were
recovered by Team 4 on 29 March 1946.

In the upper right corner is the abbreviation T4J9-072.
072 is Case History number ( CH 072 )

A two page APPENDIX is at bottom of page.

This document relied solely upon Japanese information.

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Below is a page from the book
Final Disposition of World War II Dead
Page 461.

The comments following the asterisk are similar to
those found in reports written by
Investigators such as Elizabeth Ridgway
in other POW's IDPFs.

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From the Appendix :

Paragraph 2 : " No one knew where they came from "

Paragraph 3 : " The first two men were dead when they
entered the hospital ; the third died in two hours "

" ... no records were kept on dead men entering the hospital ..."

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Lt Warde's initial designation as
Unknown X-A
would change to
Unknown X-366
when his remains were transfered to the
United States Armed Forces ( USAF ) Cemetery in Yokohama.

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FINAL DISPOSITION OF WORLD WAR II DEAD
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EDWARD STEERE AND THAYER M BOARDMAN