Japanese Occupation of the Philippines and Dutch East Indies: Interrogation of Vice Adm. Kzutaka Shirachi, IJN
A one-gulden Japanese-issued Netherlands Indies note (1942). Japanese invasion money of World War II, was issued between 1942 and 1945 by the occupying Japanese government. Interrogation NAV No. 7 USSBS No. 33 Tokyo, 15 October 1945 Interrogation of: Vice Admiral Kzutaka Shirachi, IJN, retired, was Chief of Staff of the Second Fleet from December 1941 to March 1943, operating in the Southwest Pacific. Interrogated by: Commander T.H. Moorer, USN. Allied Officers present: Brigadier General Grandison Gardner, U.S. Army; Lieutenant Commander J.A. Field, Jr., USNR. Summary The Second Fleet (Vice Admiral Kondo) was assigned the mission of supporting the invasion of the Philippines, Netherlands East Indies and British Malaya. The fleet rendezvoused in the Inland Sea about the middle of November 1941. About 23 November the fleet sortied from the Inland Sea and proceeded south towards Formosa. There a dispatch was received establishing "D" day and the move on the Ph...