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Drawing of bombing and strafing attacks on Japanese convoy off Taiwan on 30 Jan 1945, annex C of Lieutenant Commander Yasumoto's interrogation, 28 Oct 1945	Drawing of submarine attack on Japanese convoy off Philippine Islands on 10 Apr 1944, annex A of Lieutenant Commander Yasumoto's interrogation, 28 Oct 1945	Drawing of two submarine attacks on Japanese convoys in Nov 1944, annex B of Lieutenant Commander Yasumoto's interrogation, 28 Oct 1945	Standard disposition for Japanese convoy escorts, annex D of Lieutenant Commander Yasumoto's interrogation, 28 Oct 1945

Note written by Yamashita for Clarke, circa Oct-Nov 1945	Approximate path of Japanese convoy toward Saipan, Mariana Islands which was attacked by American submarines on 6 Jun 1944; appendix A of Commander Tadao Kuwahara's interrogation	Diagram showing attacks on Japanese transports during Battle of Midway, 3-4 Jun 1942; Annex A of Toyama's 1 Nov 1945 interrogation	Japanese convoy formation when attacked by American aircraft off Indochina coast, 12 Jan 1945; appendix B of Commander Tadao Kuwahara's interrogation

Japanese track chart during Battle of Eastern Solomons, 23-25 Aug 1942; Annex B of Toyama's 1 Nov 1945 interrogation	Japanese Navy 5th Fleet dispositions at Battle of Surigao Strait and command structure at the battle, part of Commander Mori's interrogation, 3 Nov 1945	Track of Japanese Navy 5th Fleet at Battle of Surigao Strait part of Commander Mori's interrogation, 3 Nov 1945	Graphic from post-war Yank Magazine depicting how the VT Radio Proximity Fuze created an air burst with an artillery shell, 5 Nov 1945.

Japanese occupation money signed by Yamashita	Table of contents page of a Dec 1945 US plan to attack Japanese-occupied Taiwan with chemical weapons	Christmas holiday card featuring USS New Jersey, date unknown	Diagram of the Disney Bomb from the United States Army Air Force’s Project Ruby Report, 1946.

Diagram showing the comparative sizes of the six bombs tested in the joint Royal Air Force/United States Army Air Force’s Project Ruby. From the Project Ruby Report, 1946.	Schematic drawing of the V-1 flying bomb prepared by the United States Army after their post-war analysis of the device.	Letter to US President Harry Truman to request clemency for Yamashita, 5 Feb 1946	Letter to US Secretary of War Robert Patterson to request clemency for Yamashita, 5 Feb 1946