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| Keywords: 132137 CHEMICAL STORAGE AREA.JPG en OKUNOSHIMA JAPAN CHEMICAL STORAGE AREA THESE DRUMS CONTAIN CHEMICALS RAW MATERIALS USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POISON GAS AND WILL NOT BE DESTROYED BUT POSSIBLY DIVERTED THROUGH JAPANESE HOME MINISTRY CHANNELS FOR COMMERCIAL USE THIS IS THE SCENE AFTER THE FINAL PHASES OF OPERATION LEWISITE WHICH WAS CARRIED OUT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT BCOF IT INVOLVED THE DESTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 22000 TONS OF POISON GAS AT THE TADANOUMI BRANCH OF THE TOKYO 2ND ARMY ARSENAL THE GAS WAS DESTROYED BY DUMPING AT SEA BY BURNING AND BY BURIAL 132137 Queale Alan 1946-10-03 Copyright expired - public domain PD-AustraliaGov Chemical weapons in Okunoshima 1946-1947 British Commonwealth Occupation Force | ||||
