WORLD WAR II POW/MIA HORROR STORIES

Palawan POWs Burned Alive As a U.S. invasion force approached Mindoro Is., Phillippines, it passed Palawan Is.. The Japanese C.O. of the 131st Airfield Construction Battalion on Palawan prepared for the expected invasion by burning 150 U.S. POWs to death. The POWs had been used as slave laborers since their capture in early 1942. Decapitation Jan. 1944 5 U.S. airmen bailed out over the Japanese controlled island of Mili in the Marshall Islands. The Japanese tortured and then decapitated them. The Japanese commander of the island wrote a note claiming responsibility for the incident while denying that his issued orders for it. He then committed suicide. Twelve Japanese servicemen were sent to Majuro where an investigation was conducted. Many More Were Burned To Death Over Oil

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