Mark Caprio – Investigating Tragedy at Sea – The Ukishima-maru Incident and its Legacy – pages 81-104

Abstract
On August 22, 1945 the Ukushima-maru set sail from the northern Japanese port city of Ōminato with the apparent intention of delivering an undisclosed number of Koreans to Pusan, Korea. The laborers had been both recruited and conscripted for construction work necessary to fortify the naval base that had been strategically located in this remote location decades from the time of the 1905...