| Item title: | YOKOYAMA Yasuo interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS interrogation reports |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 6/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-116A (Serial no. 187) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 31 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 12/7/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, BATTLESHIPS, NAVAL BASES |
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| Japanese unit names: | Matsukawa Unit Sasebo Special Naval Landing Party Yamato Musashi |
| Names: | YOKOYAMA Yasuo, SMN |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Truk Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Leading Seaman YOKOYAMA Yasuo of the Matsukawa Unit, Sasebo Special Naval Landing Party, who was captured in Buna on 14 March 1943. YOKOYAMA, a 22 year old Leading Seaman from Miyazaki, was captured by US troops after he landed in the Buna area and hid in the jungle. During the interrogation, YOKOYAMA provided information on battleships, Yamato and Musashi, and the naval base on Truk. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:04:43 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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