70 years ago on this
date, September 24, 1946, an IJA General, Yoshio Tachibana was executed by hanging in Guam
for war crimes, including cannibalism.
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Yoshio Tachibana
(立花 芳夫 Tachibana Yoshio)
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Yoshio Tachibana (立花 芳夫 Tachibana
Yoshio, 24 February 1890 – 24 September
1946) was a lieutenant general of the Japanese Imperial Army. He was commander
of the Japanese troops in Chichijima, Ogasawara Islands, and was held
responsible for the “Chichijima Incident” a war crime involving torture,
extrajudicial execution and cannibalism of Allied prisoners of war.
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