Keywords: 132595 WING COMMANDER D. R. MACLEOD (RAAF) OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, DISPOSAL ENEMY EQUIPMENT SECTION, BCOF, AND STAFF SERGEANT S. WILSON, AMMUNITION EXAMINER.JPG en OKUNOSHIMA JAPAN WING COMMANDER D R MACLEOD RAAF OFFICER-IN-CHARGE DISPOSAL ENEMY EQUIPMENT SECTION BCOF AND STAFF SERGEANT S WILSON AMMUNITION EXAMINER WATCH THE DECONTAMINATION OF THE MUSTARD GAS PLANT THE MUSTARD GAS PLANT FRENCH PATT OF THE TOKYO 2ND ARMY ARSENAL SITUATED ON OKUNOSHIMA ISLAND OF THE INLAND SEA WAS DECONTAMINATED BY FIRE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE POISON GAS ON THE ISLAND WAS COMPLETED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO PRIOR TO BURNING THE INTERIOR OF THE LARGE CONCRETE AND BRICK BUILDING WAS STACKED WITH PILES OF GASOLINE-SOAKED DEBRIS THE WORK OF DECONTAMINATION WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE TEIKOKU RAYON COMPANY UNDER CONTRACT FROM THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT AND UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE DISPOSAL ENEMY EQUIPMENT SECTION BCOF DEE SEC 132595 Queale Alan 1947-03-20 Copyright expired - public domain PD-AustraliaGov Chemical weapons in Okunoshima 1946-1947 British Commonwealth Occupation Force |