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Mori Kunizo commanded Combined
Sasebo
SNLF during the capture of Makassar, when a number of prisoners of war were beheaded. In May 1944 he commanded Chichi-jima
Base Force, where he was promoted to vice admiral. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for cannibalism of American airmen on Chichi Jima, where he lectured
his colleagues on the medicinal
value of human liver, an idea he appears to have picked up in China. He was also
implicated in the murder of prisoners
of war at Kendari and the
cannibalism of captured airmen at Rabaul.
He was hanged by the Dutch for
the atrocities committed in the Netherlands East Indies
early in the war.
| 1890-12-18 |
born | |
| 1912-7-17 | Midshipman |
Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 23rd in a class of 144. Assigned to CL Adzuma |
| 1913-5-1 | CL Yakumo |
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| 1913-12-1 | Ensign | |
| 1915-12-13 | Lieutenant junior grade |
Torpedo School Basic Course |
| 1916-6-1 | Gunnery School Basic Course | |
| 1916-12-1 | DD Hatsuyuki |
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| 1918-5-1 | DD Kiri |
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| 1918-12-1 | Lieutenant | Torpedo School Advanced Course |
| 1919-12-1 | DD Sakura |
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| 1921-2-10 | DD Susuki |
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| 1921-11-10 | CL Asama |
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| 1922-4-15 | DD Numakaze |
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| 1923-6-30 | DD Tanikaze |
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| 1923-11-10 | CL Oi |
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| 1924-12-1 | Torpedo School Expert Course | |
| 1925-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
Instructor, Torpedo School |
| 1929-11-30 | Staff, Bureau of Supplies, Yokosuka | |
| 1931-5-1 | Staff, Chinkai Guard
District |
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| 1931-12-1 | Commander | |
| 1933-10-20 | Commander, PG Ataka |
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| 1935-10-15 | Executive officer, BB Nagato |
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| 1936-1-16 | 2 Naval District |
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| 1936-4-1 | Executive officer, CA Atago |
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| 1936-11-2 | Commander, AO Sata |
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| 1936-12-1 | Captain | |
| 1937-12-1 | Commander, Interim Defense Force |
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| 1938-12-15 | Commander, AGP Nihonkai Maru | |
| 1939-4-1 | Commander, 4 Defense Force |
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| 1939-11-15 | Commander, Saiki Defense Force |
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| 1940-11-15 | Commander, 1 Defense Force |
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| 1941-9-15 | 3 Naval District |
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| 1941-11-20 | Commander, Combined
Sasebo
SNLF |
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| 1942-3-10 | Commander, 23 Base Force,
Makassar |
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| 1942-5-1 | Rear admiral |
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| 1942-12-21 | Commander, Yokosuka
Guard Force |
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| 1943-8-24 | Staff, 8 Fleet |
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| 1943-9-9 | Commander, 7
Auxiliary Base Force, Lae |
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| 1943-10-25 | Staff, 8 Fleet |
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| 1943-11-15 | 1
Naval District |
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| 1944-2-15 | Commander, Chichi-jima
Base Force |
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| 1945-5-1 | Vice admiral |
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| 1946-10-4 | Retires | |
| 1949-4-22 | Executed for war crimes |
References
Materials
of IJN (accessed 2008-6-5)
Russell
(1958)
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