[48] Ibid., Testimony of Muto, XXII, 2998. [↑]

[49] A. Frank Reel, The Case of General Yamashita (Chicago, 1949), pp. 18–19. [↑]

[50] USSBS Interrog 418, Interrog of Maj Gen Toshio Nishimura, 19–22 Nov 45, MS, OCMH. [↑]

[51] Tomochika, True Facts of Leyte Opn, p. 6. [↑]

[52] Ibid. [↑]

[53] Ibid. [↑]

[54] Japanese Studies in WW II, 11, 35th Army Operations 1944–45, pp. 14–20. (Hereafter cited as 35th Army Opns.) [↑]

[55] Tomochika, True Facts of Leyte Opn, p. 6. [↑]

[56] 16th Division Order 821, Tacloban, 17 October 1944, translation in App. C to Annex Y, 7th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, DRB AGO. [↑]

[57] Japanese Studies in WW II, 7, 14th Area Army Operations on Leyte, p. 4 (Hereafter cited as 14th Area Army Opns Leyte.) [↑]