Remembering Sandakan: 1945–1999Archived July 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine "Captain Hoshijima Susumi was able to reveal from his knowledge of the war crimes interrogation documents that the last POWs had been killed at Ranau on 27 August 1945, well after the Japanese surrender. They had undoubtedly been killed, in Moffitt's view, to stop them being able to testify to the atrocities committed by the guards."
Remembering Sandakan: 1945–1999Archived July 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine "Captain Hoshijima Susumi was able to reveal from his knowledge of the war crimes interrogation documents that the last POWs had been killed at Ranau on 27 August 1945, well after the Japanese surrender. They had undoubtedly been killed, in Moffitt's view, to stop them being able to testify to the atrocities committed by the guards."
"Public Papers". Truman Library. 1 September 1945. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.