Records of the Army Staff, 1903 - 2009. Intelligence and Investigative Dossiers Personal Files, ca. 1977 - ca. 2004. WATANABE, Mutsuhiro - XA532194

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Records of the Army Staff, 1903 - 2009. Intelligence and Investigative Dossiers Personal Files, ca. 1977 - ca. 2004. WATANABE, Mutsuhiro - XA532194

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Watanabe, Mutsuhiro , 1918-2003

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Mutsuhiro Watanabe (Japanese: 渡邊睦裕, 18 January 1918 – April 2003) – nicknamed "the Bird" by his prisoners – was a known war criminal and Imperial Japanese Army soldier in World War II, who served in a number of military internment camps. After Japan's defeat, the US Occupation authorities classified Watanabe as a war criminal for his mistreatment of prisoners of war (POWs), but he managed to evade arrest and was never tried in court. Watanabe served at POW camps in Omori, Naoetsu (present day...