M45 · Contemporary prisoner-interrogation report · modern transcription

Interrogation of survivors from Mikuma

The identity and reported experience of the two men recovered by Trout.

Author
Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
Date
21 June 1942
Passage
Serial 01753 · opening identification and Ishikawa’s raft account

What has been checked

Transcription read on 18 October 2026. Original page images not inspected. Cruiser-profile review, 18–19 October 2026: opening identifications and paragraphs 2–5 reread through the transcription. Original images remain uninspected.

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The raft narrative is Ishikawa’s reported testimony, not a complete casualty return. Dates and aircraft identifications are uncertain; the interviewer’s assumptions about the witness are not treated as established facts.

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