Historical Documents
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Roster of Officers of the 16th Naval District, Cavite, PI, November 1941. Courtesy Ricardo Trota Jose.
A photograph from a Japanese propaganda booklet, "Victory on the March." The Japanese caption reads: "The sick are given full medical care and attention in the prisoners camps in Japan. Everything is done to assure their health." National Archives, #179026, RG 80-G, General Records of the Department of the Navy.
The front page of the Manila Daily Bulletin, January 2, 1942, after the Japanese occupation. Courtesy Curtis B. Brooks.
A hand-drawn map of the layout of Bilibid Prison in Manila, PI, from the diary of Lieutenant (j.g.) George T. Ferguson, MC USN. Courtesy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Archives.
“Regulations for Prisoners” being transported to the Japanese Home Islands. Author's Collection.
A hand-drawn map of the layout of Ichioka Prisoner of War Camp, Ōsaka Japan. Courtesy Ferdinand V. Berley.
Murray Glusman’s handwritten notes on the Japanese medical experimentation that took place at Ichioka Prisoner of War Camp in an attempt to relieve the symptoms of “painful feet, “ which resulted in several POW deaths. Author's Collection.
A pre-war street map of Kōbe, Japan. Author's Collection.
A hand -drawn map of the Kōbe POW Hospital in Kōbe, Japan. Courtesy Ferdinand V. Berley.
At the Kōbe POW Hospital, the Australians presented the Americans with a Christmas card designed by medic R.A. Wickens showing their respective flags criss-crossed above hands clasped in solidarity. Wickens composed a song for the occasion, “Waiting, Only Waiting,” reproduced here in its entirety. Author's Collection.
A joint paper on “Painful Feet” prepared by the Allied POW medical staff of the Kōbe Prisoner of War Hospital, in Kōbe Japan, February-March, 1945. Author's Collection.
The track chart for the June 4-5, 1945 raid over Kōbe, Japan from the Tactical Mission Report of the XXI Bomber Command. Courtesy Air Force Historical Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
The results of the June 4-5, 1945 raid over Kōbe, Japan, from the Operations Report of the XXI Bomber Command. Courtesy Air Force Historical Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
A handwritten account of the June 5, 1945 B-29 incendiary raid on the Kōbe POW Hospital by Lieutenant (j.g.) Ferdinand V. Berley, MC USN. ‘We had no medicines, bandages, soap, mess gear -- well, in fact we had nothing,’ said Fred, whose notes on the June 5th air raid were written in the only ink at his disposal: Methylene blue dye.” Courtesy Ferdinand V. Berley.
The hand-written roster, prepared by Lieutenant (j.g.) Ferdinand V. Berley, MC USN, of American patients in the Kōbe Prisoner of War Hospital as of June 5, 1945, listing the POW deaths as a result of the June 5, 1945 B-29 incendiary raid. Courtesy Ferdinand V. Berley.
Fliers dropped over POW camps in Japan by B-29s announcing Japan’s surrender and identifying essential items in accompanying canisters. Author's Collection.