12/05/00 23:05:21

Name: Earl J. Pearce	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1947	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1949	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: Hq.Det.Sugamo Prison	Years served?: 2yrs. 9 mo.	How did you find this site?: From Vic Czaja

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I finally got through, a dot was missing and the name Stephanie was right against html and Yahoo put it in the address as part of it! I am a novice,(I am Earl'wife, it is my P. C., so I do this for him). Earl says Hello to all, and maybe we can make Michigan in May, 2001.

11/20/00 02:15:33

Name: Tommy Hight	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1947	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1970	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: to many to list	Years served?: 23	How did you find this site?: Great

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Sugamo'ets I need your help. I would like to publish a book of memories about Sugamo Prison. Your memories, not the war crimes trials. When were you at Sugamo ,what were your duties, did you have contact with the prisoners. What were your impresson of the prison and the prisoners, any thing you think may be of interest. Contact me at thight6039@aol.com or Tommy M Hight,25636 Aberdovey Av, Mt Plymouth,FL 32776 Ph (352) 383-9632. Thanks Tommy Hight

11/07/00 00:23:21

Name: Tom Severson	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	How did you find this site?: Yahoo search engine

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I had heard about this prison from a gentleman here in Eau Claire Wisconsin, USA. I do not know his name but I wanted to say thank you to all servicemen and women for everything they have done to make this country great. Thank You!

10/08/00 02:00:57

Name: Joshua L. Vincent	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1987	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: Active	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: XVIII Airborne Corps	Years served?: 13	How did you find this site?: passed to me by reference librarian

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My Grandfather was Lee P. Vincent (LT-CPT) Sugamo Prison Administration. I miss him.

10/07/00 19:00:02

Name: Wayne Malmquist	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1947	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1968	Branch of Service: US Army
Unit: Many	Years served?: 21 years	How did you find this site?: From MP site

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I made it to the 11th Abn Div in Sendai and was assigned to the MP Company. When the 11th left for Cp Campbell, Ky I stayed on with XXVI Corps MPs til June 48 when I transferred to Co D, 720th MPs in Tokyo. Used to find the Sugamo guys off limits in Ike ukuro bars - heh, heh. There were some good ones there, too. That photo of LTC Kenworthy with GEN Tojo brought back some old memories cuz he was 720th CO while I was there. He was followed by LTC Alvin Welch, commonly referred to as "Pear Shape" cuz of th way he looked from the rear. The "Good Old Days".......

09/30/00 15:35:54

Name: Peter Huizenga	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1946	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1948	Branch of Service: US Army
Unit: MP - 8th Army	How did you find this site?: google - Jim Flanagan

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09/27/00 17:40:54

Name: James D. Flanagan	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1946	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1948	Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Unit: Hq. Det. Sugamo Prison	Years served?: Two Years	How did you find this site?: By Chance

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I was assigned to Sugamo Prison from 12/46 until 12/47. I was a teammate of Bob Shively on the 1947 Championship Football Team. I have an album of pertinent Sugamo pictures - may even have some negatives. I would appreciate being updated on Sugamo Reun ons as they are planned.

09/06/00 02:20:02

Name: Daniel D. Storm	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 6 June 1979	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: Still Active	Branch of Service: USMC
Unit: SupShip, Pascagoula, MS	Years served?: 21	How did you find this site?: Linked through 720th MP's

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My father served with all of you and never new of the reunions. He passed this summer and now I am trying to find out all I can about him and your organization. My dad is PFC Duane A. Storm, USA 720th MP Bn (45'-46')

08/19/00 02:04:17

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08/19/00 02:00:49

Name: ORION T. THOMPSON	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1945	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1947	Branch of Service: ARMY
Unit: 152 PORT CO. , CENTRAL MAIL DIRECTORY GHQ	How did you find this site?: SEARCHING

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ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. SPENT 18 MONTHS IN YOKAHAMA WITH 152ND PORT CO. 498TH PORT BATTALION AND THE CENTRAL MAIL DIRECTORY UNIT OF GHQ DETACHED FROM GHQ OF TOKYO. THANKS FOR A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE.

08/15/00 04:00:43

Name: Charles Firth	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	How did you find this site?: Google

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I recently heard a story from someone who served at Sugamo and was part of the detail responsible for guarding Tojo. Apparently, Tojo had a few personal belongings that he kept in a small box in his cell. One item was very special to him. He took it with im each day to trial. My understanding is that it might have been an ancient coin of some sort. One day, the item came up missing. There was quite a disturbance and the cell block was thoroughly searched. It took two days to get Tojo to attend trial again. I am wondering if anyone is familiar with this story and what the item was, its origin, and what significance it might have had to Tojo. Apparently it was a very important "good luck" charm. Being that he was later hanged, well... I find this to be a very intriguing story and am trying to find more information. Please email me if you know anything. Thanks.

08/11/00 14:15:16

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07/19/00 05:52:42

Name: Barb	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1974	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1977	Branch of Service: U.S. Coast Guard
Unit: Headquarters	Years served?: 2+	How did you find this site?: yahoo search

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My Dad pfc Ralph Gurwell served as jailer 4/49 to about 8/50. Any remember him? He was in hut 19...any info...please email...thx

07/15/00 01:48:59

Name: Bill Mahar	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1949	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1952	Branch of Service: Army MP
Unit: 8th. Army Stockade, 8070 MP Escort Guard Co.	How did you find this site?: topkick124

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Looking for Sugamo personnel who with the 8th. Army Stockade personnel formed the 8070 MPEG POW Processing CO at Camp Drake and went to Korea to open the first POW Camps in Pusan and later to Koje-Do.

06/20/00 01:40:22

Name: Kenneth T. Boyd	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1945	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: October,1948	Branch of Service: 8th Army
Unit: Military Police	Years served?: Three years	How did you find this site?: Friend

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My time at Sugamo was very interesting, not only the men that I served with but many of the prisoners I came in contact with were interesting also. I enjoyed playing ball, boxing, the service club and downtown Tokyo.

06/16/00 19:57:25

Name: Asako Takeuchi

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My name is Asako Takeuchi, an associtate producer of NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation. Currently I am working on a news story about the historical installation of the collected materials from Sugamo Prison. The materials are collected from war prisoners at Sugamo by American soldiers who were stationed there, are now exhibited in NYC. I was looking into more detail regards the Sugamo prison and then found this site. If there's anyone care to speak to me about your own memory at the Sugamo, please write me an e- mail. I would like to hear the real voices. Thank you ve

06/02/00 16:03:23

Name: Noel Garland	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: l956	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: l958	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: HQ ASAPAC	Years served?: l956-l958	How did you find this site?: Visited before

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In reviewing your site, have not seen any pictures of the prison, unless Ive missed it. Would like to see some pictures of the prison, inside or out. Also am looking for pictures of the Tokyo Army Hospital, and the Rocker 4 Club, cant locate any decent on s for our upcoming reunion in September. Thanks, Noel

05/01/00 19:15:34

Name: Fred Lutz	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me	Favorite WWII URL: Military.com
Year entered Service: 1944	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1946	Branch of Service: U.S.Coast Guard	Unit: patrol frigate
Years served?: two	How did you find this site?: taskforcepatriot.com

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The only comments/references I heard were derogatory. This from the news media. As my time here declines, and as my yard stick of recollection lengthens, I have come to view the total media as unreliable to the point of being propagandistic.

04/17/00 21:23:37

Name: Dr. Ronald Craig	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1962	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1976	Branch of Service: U. S. Marine Corps
Unit: Numerous	Years served?: 14	How did you find this site?: Research

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You have a fine site. I am now the historian for the U. S. Army Military Police Corps at Fort Leonard Wood. If any one is interested in contributing their memoirs of their time in the MP's in Japan, please contact me. It would be placed in the archives.

04/15/00 15:56:24

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04/12/00 17:56:21

Name: Earl Seely	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1946	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1948	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: Sugamo Prison 8th Army ghq	Years served?: -2yrs

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Please get in touch if you served between 1 Jan 1947 and January 1948 at Sugamo Prison. T/5 Seely. PS: I gust came acrossed this sight.

04/08/00 07:30:56

Name: Fred Barwise	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1947	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1971	Branch of Service: Military Police
Unit: Sugamo Prison	Years served?: 23	How did you find this site?: Touring the web

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I knew Bob about as good as any man who served at SUGAMO PRISON. He worked the LABOR OFFICE with Sgt Jeff Anderson, and I worked around the corner PRISON SUPPLY. A nice chap...went "home" too soon... My respects to his family.

04/08/00 07:30:07

Name: Fred Barwise	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1947	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1971	Branch of Service: Military Police
Unit: Sugamo Prison	Years served?: 23	How did you find this site?: Touring the web

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I knew Bob about as good as any man who served at SUGAMO PRISON. He worked the LABOR OFFICE with Sgt Jeff Anderson, and I worked around the corner PRISON SUPPLY. A nice chap...went "home" too soon... My respects to his family.

04/07/00 10:24:01

Name: George R. Lewis	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1943	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1980	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: Many!	Years served?: 12 Active 8 Reserve	How did you find this site?: From Newsletter

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I'm a near computer dummy. I need a lot of help. I left a couple spaces blank because I don't know what they mean! As to the work that has gone into preparing this site ---Tremendous!

03/22/00 13:21:41

Name: Dave Farr

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My Email: Email Me

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My dad, Gerald E. Farr served at Sugamo sometime between his enlistment of 4/25/1946 and his discharge 10/29/1947. He talked favorably of his service at Sugamo. He passed away 11/3/1993. Contact me for info.

03/20/00 22:16:18

Name: Ernest L. Komarek, T/4, s/n 36904725	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 17 July 1944	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 9 Aug 1946	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 112th RCT, 3296 Sig Serv Plat; 35th AAA Group @ Sugamo Prison	Years served?: 2 yrs 23 days	How did you find this site?: By chance & guess

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I was assigned to duty at Sugamo Prison on 17 Dec 1945 and remained there until 6 Jul 1946. My principal duty was being in charge of the prison telephone switchboard located in the administration building. During June 1946 I built and operated a amatuer radio station from the administration building with a long wire transmitting antenna connected to the top of the tall chimney on the prison grounds. The call sign of the station was W9UEQ/J2. Currently my ca l sign is K0DWT.

03/18/00 19:06:42

Name: Rita	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Branch of Service: Army
How did you find this site?: newsletter

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I am looking for anyone who might of served with my father..His name is J.C. Samples and I just recently found out he served between Aug. 1951 to July 1952. I am not sure what he did at Sugamo Prison but I would love to find out more.. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you. Rita

03/16/00 02:55:16

Name: Bob Yackel	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 5/22/43	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 3/3/46	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 579th AAA AW BN. (sp)	How did you find this site?: ASKJEEVES>COM

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Served as jailer at Sugamo Prison from Oct. '45 until Feb. '46.

02/29/00 02:14:43

Name: JOHN RICHARD HARTLEY	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Year entered Service: n/a
Year Discharged/Retired from Service: n/a	How did you find this site?: enternet

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you want to here this. my father robert equilla hartley was the man who hung tojo. we did not know until 1996 when he confessed about it. we new he wittnessed the hangings but he never said he was the one who pulled the handle untill he had an enterveiw w th the salisbury post. to his knoledge is the only living soilder that served on the hanging detail. he is still alive. i have just resently purchased a computer and this is the first site i hav entered about sugamo prision. i would like a reply from you and see if you could help me to relay my message to who ever is enterested in this story my upmost aprecieation JOHN R HARTLEY

02/23/00 14:13:22

Name: Charles Washburn	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1947	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1950	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: Sugamo Prison	Years served?: 1948-1950	How did you find this site?: Looking for Reunion info

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I served at Sugamo Prison from 1948-1950. At one time I was Chief Jailer. I witnessed many executions and I can tell you that is something you never forget. Remember the EM Club and the Ernie Pyle Theater! If anyone is interested check out the Ernie Pyl Museum in Dana Indiana. I remember a lot of GI's and hope they remember me. I look forward to hearing from anyone who served at Sugamo when I was there.

01/30/00 17:05:45

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01/29/00 18:20:37

Name: Robert L. Wightman	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1944	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1946	Branch of Service: USN
Unit: Patrol Bombing Squadron 91	How did you find this site?: From Ivan Welker

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01/27/00 00:24:53

Name: Monte R. Dennis	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1946	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1947	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: Sugamo Prison	Years served?: 1946-1947	How did you find this site?: Newsletter

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I arrived at Sugamo Prison Sept. 1946 and was assigned to the Motor Pool. I cannot remember the date but I think it was before the weather got cold that I was told to be back at the motor pool after chow at a certain time. I was assigned a jeep and disp tched to pull up in front of the prison main gate. When I did this an officer, a major I believe, came out of the guard room and told me to stay in the jeep and he would give me instructions where I would drive. We were to take "Tokyo Rose" and her husb nd into Tokyo as she was being released. I understand that she was later incarcerated and tried in San Francisco. I remember that I also drove Tojo to the general hospital in Tokyo accompanied by guards. As I remember he had bronchitis or something sim lar. While I was at Sugamo Prison the theatre, service club and football field were built.

01/24/00 17:50:20

Name: Harlen Ramberg	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1946	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1947	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: Military Police	Years served?: 1946-47	How did you find this site?: newletter

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Greetings to all Sugamo personnel. Enjoy our association at the reunions. Hope I will be well enough to attend the Texas reunion. Have just had open heart surgery but am recuperating. It's a little cool here today -- 20 below zero in Wisconsin! Best ishes to all.

01/22/00 03:26:09

Name: Richard Fillis	My URL: Visit Me	Year entered Service: 1947
Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1950	Branch of Service: Army	Unit: 555 MP Sugamo Prison
Years served?: 1947 to 1949	How did you find this site?: Sugamo Newsletter

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01/19/00 19:47:25

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01/19/00 03:32:58

Name: James F Hollenbeck	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1946	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1978	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: Sugamo Prison	Years served?: 1947-1948	How did you find this site?: Newsletter

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01/19/00 03:16:54

Name: Rita Samples	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	How did you find this site?: Sugamo Newsletter

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I am looking for info, stories, anything really that anyone can remember about my father J.C. Samples who passed away in 1996. If anyone remembers him, please e-mail me at witzend62@aol.com Thank You

01/18/00 23:02:13

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12/17/99 03:35:26

Name: Charles F. Smedley	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1948	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1954	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 8th Army 1st Cav.720MP Bn.	Years served?: 5years	How did you find this site?: Long time a Mp

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This is a very good web page, matter a fact it is better than that. Charles F. Smedley from "A" Co. said that. Have a nice that.

12/15/99 20:32:43

Name: John Salazar	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year Discharged/Retired from Service: December 1970	Branch of Service: Army	Years served?: 24
How did you find this site?: Daughter

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Great Site. I wish you the best of luck in your efforts.

12/15/99 19:33:12

Name: Shiloah Baker	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	How did you find this site?: surfed in

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I was fasinated and learned a lot! Thank you for sharing!

12/09/99 05:32:30

Name: Sandra Stein	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Favorite WWII URL: this site	Year entered Service: N/a	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: N/a
How did you find this site?: Stories from my mom

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I know that this site is for veterans who served at Sugamo Prison, But my mother Helen Mahr was on McArthur's staff for War crimes and spent much time at Sugamo. She took the notes at Tojo's trial, along with many other Japanese war criminals including th commandant of Sugamo. I have all her letters home and her stories, and am doing research in the hopes of writing a book on her experiences. If anyone remembers her that would be great. Also any suggestions on how to get access to the trial records, and other info. Thanks for the site. You've done a great job. Sandi Stein

11/20/99 03:16:14

Name: Robert F Jones	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: July 1948	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: Feb. 1969	Branch of Service: Army 3yrs-USAF 18yrs
Unit: Sugamo Prison (Army)	Years served?: Jan 1948-May 1950	How did you find this site?: e-mail- Larry&Steph

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Great site. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I recently took the Encyclopedia Brittannica up on their internet trail offer. I enter the name "Sugamo Prison". It could not come up with anything other than "prison". Told them they didn't show me too much if they didn't have anything on Sugamo. Got a reply back in which they stated "It is impossible to cover every conceivable topic of interest" I recently aquired a book titled "The Other Nuremberg, The Untold Story Of The Tokyo War Crimes Trails" by Arnold C rackman.It has quite a bit on Sugamo.

11/19/99 16:55:16

Name: charles dunlop	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1946	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1948	Branch of Service: US Army
Unit: Sugamo Prison	Years served?: 1947-48	How did you find this site?: jeeves search

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at last a web site! a wonderful job was done by the designer, my congratulations. I will always be proud of the time I served at Sugamo and the persons that i met there. when we plus 70 vets get together at lunch and rehash ww2, no one seems to believe the fact that i knew Tojo and guarded him. i will never forget new years of 1948 and the famous "P-call". there must be a market for the flags and other autographs we all have, any ideas write--cdunlop@juno.com

11/04/99 17:08:52

Name: marie sesler

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I'm enjoying perusing your site. It will be very handy in my classroom. I teach Social Studies for grades 7 thru 12. My father was a SeaBee on Okinawa in WWII. My thanks to you all for a job well done!

10/22/99 01:07:25

Name: Noel Garland`	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: l956	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: l958	Branch of Service: US Army
Unit: HQ ASAFE/ASAPAC	Years served?: l956-l958	How did you find this site?: Looking for US Army Japan

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We were up the road from you at Camp Oji, or more officially, lst Tokyo Arsenal. Am helping a man up in Bowling Green, Ohio, who is writing the history of Oji Camp, l946-l958, with any material that I can find. Have finally located numerous maps of the ar a, going way back to some maps made by the Army Map Service, from March, April, May l945 aerial photographs, up to l999 maps of our area. I have a couple of maps showing the location of Sugamo Prison, but never found it while I was there, knew of its exis ance, but not of its exact location. Spent a lot of time in the Japanese movie house and a coffee house or two there in Ikebukuro, mostly stopped there and walked on over to Oji Camp. Have a lot of slides that I have borrowed from folks to copy, of the Oj area, but would like to have some pictures or slides of Ikebukuro too, found some nice memories of that area. Anyone interested in visiting, or rehashing old stories maybe we had some things in common. We had good intramural sports program, and some of he guys played on the All Tokyo team as best as I can find out. Noel Garland, SP4, Cryptographer US ASAPAC, Tokyo

10/08/99 17:16:20

Name: T. CConner	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1979	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1980	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 351st CSH Reserve	How did you find this site?: Dogpile.com

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Good info. Thanks.

09/05/99 18:45:51

Name: Jerry R. Goff	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1948	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1951	Branch of Service: ARMY
How did you find this site?: WEB SEARCH

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09/04/99 19:51:10

Name: Tommy Hight	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: September 1947	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: June 1970	Branch of Service: Army Inf
Unit: To many to list	Years served?: 23	How did you find this site?: At the reunion in FL

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I enjoy the web page reading comments by old comrades and others who discovered the Sugamo Web Page. Keep up the good work. My all live long enough that see each other befor we march off for the last time. Hope to see many of you in TX next year.

08/19/99 17:32:51

Name: Richard l.Grofsick	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1945	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1946	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 555 M.P.CO.	How did you find this site?: search

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Bring's back memory's served as Sgt.of the guard at Sugamo Prison mid45- till discharge 46. Instramental & managed first enlisted club at the prison. Also taught the national's how to play tabletennis (ping pong) and played on champ. softball team. I have a few picture's you maybe able to use on your site. Contact me by e-mail to make arangement's.

08/19/99 15:22:11

Name: Hank Maifeld	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1961	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1984	Branch of Service: USAF
Unit: Hq. MAC	Years served?: 23	How did you find this site?: GeoCities

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HI: I'm your Yahoo! GeoCities Community Leader. GREAT Site!

08/04/99 20:38:46

Name: Bob Murphy	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 2 191947	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1950	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: Sugamo Prison	Years served?: 47-50	How did you find this site?: From CEO Bob Shively

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Nothing but the best

07/21/99 04:24:08

Name: Rick Wagner	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1976	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: still in reserves	Branch of Service: USNR
Unit: ACB-1	Years served?: 14	How did you find this site?: aol net search

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I am looking for information about my mother who was with the American Service Corp at Sugamo Prison in the 1947-1950 time-frame. Met my father who was an Airborne Jumpmaster in Japan at the time. Can not find any references to the American Service Corp . p>
07/03/99 22:12:16

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06/30/99 22:38:48

Name: John Sells	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1943	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1946	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 579 th AAA [Anti Aircraft Artillery] Bn.	Years served?: Two Years and Eight Months	How did you find this site?: Went to "Search" typed in Sugamo Prison Association

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Did a bit of time at the Prison as a guard in various caspacities in Janurary and February 1946 Even at that time there were ropes being stretched hanging down on one of the inner walls, close to the guard room where we stayed while waiting to be needed some place. From what you report, not many were ever used. John

06/17/99 02:52:04

Name: Charles F. "Smed"ley	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1948	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1953	Branch of Service: ARMY
Unit: 8th Army 1St CAV. Div.	Years served?: 5yrs and a few mos.	How did you find this site?: I knew of it from the founder Bob Shivley.

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As usual Bob did a bang up job on this project. Bob and I didn't always agree on everything, which is normal. Personely Bob and I had our own little War going on. However that never had any conflict with the Reunion Association.
Bob and I could never agree too agree. This was always like the Army. All I can say is Bob did one Hell of Job in runing the Association.
Well Done BOB!!!
Charles F. "Smed"ley

06/02/99 00:44:40

Name: Eugene E. DeMoss	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Favorite WWII URL: This site	Year entered Service: March 1947	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: July 1950
Branch of Service: Army	Unit: HQ Det. Sugamo Prison APO 181	How did you find this site?: Member of the Sugamo Prison Reunion Association

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I have got some pictures of the prison and some of the guys I served with. Could I send them to you? I will scan them and place them onto a Word97 document. Please, let me know if this OK with you. EED

05/22/99 18:22:02

Name: Pat DiCarlo	My URL: Visit Me	Year entered Service: 1946
Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1948	Branch of Service: Army	Unit: Prison Guard
How did you find this site?: searched for it

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I was a guard at Sugamo Prison in 1947. To David McDowell: I wonder if you are singing the same old songs. Thanks for the site.

05/19/99 22:06:32

Name: Charles B Herian	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1945	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1966	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: Various armor units	Years served?: 1947-50 at Sugamo	How did you find this site?: Reunion info

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Sugamo Prison was a great place to be stationed at in those days. The good times all ended when the Korean war started and a lot of the young men at Sugamo were the first to pay the price. I will never forget those days.

04/27/99 04:32:35

Name: Leo Wiley	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me	Favorite WWII URL: this one
Year entered Service: 8-73	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 8-82	Branch of Service: air Force/army	Unit: 449th Transportation
Years served?: 9 years	How did you find this site?: Looked for it

Comments:
I am the the son of a Sugamo Veteran. My Dad was William T. Wiley 47-49. He was a guard and for a while on the hangman's detail. My dad passed a way in January 94. Because of him I now work for the Michigan Dept of Corrections as a Houseing Unit Manager. am VERY PROUD of what my dad did at Sugamo, and the rest of the guy's that served there. Keep up the good work and NEVER FORGET that these men served their country in a way that most people don't know about. I WILL NEVER FORGET. Signed a VERY PROUD Son. Leo Wiley

04/20/99 23:22:04

Name: harold ralph	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 7/5/49	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 9/16/1952	Branch of Service: army
Unit: 8th army-1st.cav 5th regt	Years served?: 49/50 at sugamo	How did you find this site?: Sugamo member

Comments:
I liked the site very much. As you have said many people still don't know about Sugamo.
keep up the good work.

04/18/99 14:29:46

Name: Jim Lampman	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	How did you find this site?: Friend

Comments:
Outstanding website ... Keep up the good work. "BRAVO" for a job well done !
.HOOYAH!

03/24/99 20:11:16

Name: Albert F. Ruppel	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1947	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1950	Branch of Service: U.S.Army
Unit: HQ Det. Sugamo Prison	How did you find this site?: Accidental browsing

Comments:
I have looked before for something about Sugamo, but was unable to find it.
Imagine my astonishment when I accidentally came across this site. Looking forward to hearing from you and learning who is still around from our little group at "Ickie".

02/24/99 19:01:24

Name: Vincent Titone	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1946	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1948	Branch of Service: USArmy
Unit: MP at Sugamo	How did you find this site?: looked for it

Comments:
Many memories-recall our band-remember alling out on those cold mornings-remember the john burning down-afterwhich I wrote an editorial on the boy who cried wolf-wrote an artical on someone on the roof of the prison on Christmas Eve and saying it was Sant -Recd a message from Tokyo headquarters saying "theres no such person as Santa,Who was n the roof

02/08/99 08:43:52

Name: Louy R. Trammell	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: june 1954	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: June 1958	Branch of Service: u.s.navy
Unit: Phibpac uss lst 762&898	How did you find this site?: thru friend

Comments:
this ie my first visit Hope to come back anain

12/17/98 23:52:06

Name: marika olsen

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My Email: Email Me

Comments:
Will someone from this association please contact me? I am a producer with CNN TIME-NewsStand. I have tried various means on this website to find a phone number for the Association but haven't been able to get through to anyone. I am interested in learnin more about this reunion. Does it include those who were imprisoned there?

12/11/98 11:36:35

Name: Michele	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1984	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1997	Branch of Service: Air Force
Unit: Medical Group	Years served?: 13	How did you find this site?: SOS Webring

Comments:
You have a wonderful site! I really enjoyed my visit.

12/08/98 01:06:18

Name: HAROLD RALPH	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1949	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1952	Branch of Service: army
Unit: SUGAMO @ 1ST CAV	How did you find this site?: sugamo menber

Comments:
very interesting that so few people knew about sugamo prison. or about the war prisoners that were there

12/08/98 01:01:37

Name: HAROLD RALPH	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1949	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1952	Branch of Service: army
Unit: SUGAMO-1ST. CAV.	How did you find this site?: sugamo menber

Comments:
very interesting that so few people knew about sugamo prison. or about the war prisoners that were there

12/08/98 00:58:22

Name: harold ralph	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1949	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1952	Branch of Service: army
Unit: 8th army-1st cav	How did you find this site?: sugamo menber

Comments:
very interesting that so few people knew about sugamo prison. or about the war prisoners that were there

12/03/98 11:45:50

Name: Wharton A. LeBlanc	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1942	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1946	Branch of Service: army
Unit: 579 AA Batallion	How did you find this site?: searching

Comments:
Captain LeBlanc was my father, he is now deceased. He was Provost Marshal Of Omori Prison.

11/30/98 20:45:24

Name: Richard B. Caulfield	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1946	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1948	Branch of Service: army
Unit: sugamo prison	Years served?: 1947-1948	How did you find this site?: looked for it

Comments:
I was a jailer in the "insane section".

11/27/98 18:11:26

Name: William E. Nelms	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1946	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1952	Branch of Service: USA
Unit: E Troop 7th Cav/ 8th Army Stockade	Years served?: 6+	How did you find this site?: sreaching

Comments:
I am looking for anyone that served at Shinagawa Japan with the 7th Cav E troop 47 until 48 than any one that might know me from the 8th Army Stockade 1948 until 1952 looking for a Sgt Canon and or a Capt Patterson from the Stockade thank you William E Ne ms

10/22/98 00:43:04

Name: Kevin Cherry	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	How did you find this site?: An internet search on the topic

Comments:
A very interesting page. I've enjoyed my little bit of research on the subject of Sugamo.

10/20/98 02:27:48

Name: Dustin Allgeier

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My Email: Email Me

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10/17/98 20:51:45

Name: William Bowling	My URL: Visit Me	Year entered Service: 1946
Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1951	Branch of Service: Army	Unit: 8th Army,Sugamo Prison HQ
How did you find this site?: Looked up 8th Army

Comments:
Sight was slow to load. Nice to find this so easily.

10/10/98 20:34:32

Name: Ray Vanaria	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1956	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1959	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 32nd Signal BN	How did you find this site?: Yahoo Magazine

Comments:
Very interesting site. And u are right I never knew about this prison. Bigger surprise was that the POW's were treated well !!

09/23/98 22:11:32

Name: Daniel Shively II	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1984/1995	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1988/1998	Branch of Service: US Army
Unit: 3/504PIR, 2/2ACR	Years served?: 9 1/2yrs	How did you find this site?: Cuz Stephanie

Comments:
Hello again, Uncle Bob. I HAD to look at your site, now that I have access and time to spend on looking at prison history. Very interesting. I apologize for my remarks. Thats what I get for "assuming", huh? Especially after all the years I had in the Ar y, I broke the number 1 rule. Forgive me. Besides, your daughter took care of the "razzing". But seriously, it does upset me that the schools that I attended, never taught us anything about Sugamo Prison, so I never heard of it. But I sure as hell was tau t about the Nazi trials, so I wonder who placed the importance on what was to be taught, and what wasn't. What was your military job(mos), and were you a guard, or something else? Like i said, Dad never told us much about what you did, so did you serve entirely in the pacific theater, or just at the Prison? Not trying to bring up old memories, just trying to learn for any future Shively Generations so we can all know who did what. I think Grandpa told me more than Dad, but I was also very young when he talked to me, and my memories didn't hold very much info. So anyways, forgive me for my stupidity, and I hope to hear from you someday. Give my love to Aunt Betty. Great site. Love, DJ

09/21/98 19:41:40

Name: Stephen Stratford	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Favorite WWII URL: http://www.iwm.org.uk/
How did you find this site?: Alta Vista Search Engine

Comments:
Extremely interesting to a person such as myself who was born after World War II (in 1965). I have long been interested in Military history, spurred on by my Grandfather's service in WWI. Also my Great-Uncle's WWI service and death in WWI. I quite agree t at we should never forget!

09/10/98 00:34:15

Name: Daniel Shively II	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1984/1995	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1988/1998	Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Unit: 3/504 PIR , 2/2ACR	Years served?: 8 1/2 yrs	How did you find this site?: Cuz' Steph

Comments:
Dear Uncle Bob. Sorry haven't written sooner. I get scared when haven't spoken to relatives in many years. Please forgive me. Am glad to have gotten back in touch with my all-time favorite cousin, and Uncle and Aunt. Sure have missed you all. God Bless you, Sir. I am not as active as I was in the POW/MIA, but I wear a bracelet as I have for 7 years, and WILL NOT take it off until soldier is returned. I am interested in your sight and will reply, when I have gotten to check out every thing. O Library computer and don't get much time on computer. Sir, I hope you and Aunt betty are fine, and I WILL keep you in my prayers FOREVER. AIRBORNE. I Love You ALL. God Bless. DJ II(Doodles)

09/02/98 18:58:13

Name: Charles Nuckolls

My URL: Visit Me

My Email: Email Me

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I am very interested in the history of the prison, and I am now working on a book. If possible, I would like to be in touch with those of you who served at the prison, and learn something about your experience. Thanks very much! Charles Nuckolls, Professor, Emory University USA

08/29/98 19:31:39

Name: Alan Y. Cannon Sr.	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: Feb. 5, 1955	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: Jan. 27, 1997	Branch of Service: Army Signal Corps
Unit: 97th Signal Btn, Germany	How did you find this site?: Alta Vista

Comments:
I read an article in our local paper...Anderson Independant, Anderson, S.C. about some of the men who served at Sugamo Prison. A Dr. Lamm and others. It peaked my curiosity...very little has ever been said about the Japanese war trials and ultimate executions. I served in Germany. There was a lot said and done about the Nazi war criminals. Marvelous i formation!

08/22/98 16:21:33

Name: Bob Murphy	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1947	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1950	Branch of Service: army
Unit: Sugao Prison	Years served?: 1947-1950	How did you find this site?: from the c.e.o. Bob Shively

Comments:
You did a great job!!!
Fr. Murphy

07/20/98 21:49:19

Name: Tommy Hight	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: September 1947	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: June 30,1970	Branch of Service: US Army,Airborne Inf
Years served?: 23	How did you find this site?: At the last reunion in FL

Comments:
Hi Bob, Great job, missed you at the last reunion. We need a location to post messages. Keep in touch. Tommy

06/22/98 06:01:05

Name: Leslie F. Boring	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1944	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1946	Branch of Service: Army
Unit: Middle Pacific Headquarters	Years served?: Two	How did you find this site?: Looked up Sugamo Prison on yahoo

Comments:
This is a great piece of history that needs to be preserved

06/15/98 23:15:06

Name: Charles F Smedley	My Email: Email Me	Favorite WWII URL: Geocitiews.com
Year entered Service: 1948	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: 1953	Branch of Service: army
Unit: 8tharmy first calv div	How did you find this site?: former member

Comments:
havent had time to make any comments as of yet , i am looking for old friends that served with me .

05/12/98 02:30:08

Name: Thomas Schwartz

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My Email: Email Me

Comments:
My father who, passed away two years ago, served at the prison around 1945. I heard many stories about Sugamo Prison and was glad to find out more at this web site.

04/30/98 14:44:24

Name: Stephanie	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Favorite WWII URL: yours of course!
Year entered Service: 1974	Unit: 9th infantry div. (Ft. Lewis Wa.)

Comments:
Great info....Learning about Sugamo has been very enlightening to me! Thanks for all the information.

04/17/98 02:38:14

Name: Ron Moody	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Year entered Service: 1986
Unit: A/1/246

Comments:
I enjoyed your web page. It's a tragedy that more people don't know about Sugamo Prison and the actions that took place there.

03/18/98 14:59:22

Name: Kelly Myers (Bug CLA)	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me	Year entered Service: N/A (Diabetic)

Comments:
Very informative site. Keep up the good work.

03/02/98 01:58:36

Name: Jim & Gloria DeLill

My URL: Visit Me

Comments:
Greetings. Jim

02/27/98 21:13:40

Name: Betty Boop	My URL: Visit Me	My Email: Email Me
Year entered Service: 1956	Year Discharged/Retired from Service: havn't yet	Served in Military (years): so far 42
Unit: workhorse unit

Comments:
What I would like to say to you Bob, is, you have done a wonderful job on Sugamo Reunion Assn. And hope to see you there one day, I hear from your wonderful wife that you are a great husband and a very likeable person. Keep up the good work.