Biological Warfare
Unit 731 – “Logs” “Logs” were given: o Plague o Anthrax o Cholera Tested on …. o Effects of frostbite o Effects of dehydration o Effects of malnutrition o Transplant of limbs from one person to another o Effects of Syphilis and Rape Babies were dissected Young child were used in germs and chemical test Average life span of a “log” is 30 days o Vivisection (not knocked out), Lethal Injection, Cremated Employed 20,000 people o Open Secret Upon to the end of the war Unit 731 set loose plague rats and infected horses
Prisoners of War
“Comfort Women” – Sex Slaves 400,000 women were raped Comfort Stations (Stall and Homes were they kept women) – as many as 2,000 “The officer shouted, ‘You obey my orders. I will kill you if you don’t.’ He then held me down and raped me. I was a virgin until that moment. From the following day on, I was forced to service sex to 10 – 20 soldiers every day, and on Sundays. We were exhausted, weakened, and some of us could not even eat meals. We were in a state of ‘half dead’” o Kim Young-shil (Military Sex Slave from Korea)
Organization and Operation of Sex Slaves Kidnapped or Tricked Procedure at a military sex station o Soldier paid a free o Soldier obtained a ticket and condom o Soldier was admitted “Pretty” girls were kept in front and saved for officers and overnights “Ugly” girls were in the back Evidence Japanese door etchings 10 million condoms manufactured Xinmigao (Drug to treat venereal disease) Potassium Pomegranate – used to wash women’s genitals Japanese Maps Photos