THIS IS A MUST READ ... HELLSHIPS
http://www.west-point.org/family/jap...pow/photos.htm
AND IT RAISES A QUESTION ... WOULD YOU SINK A JAPANESE SHIP IF IT WAS CARRYING POW'S ( the problem here is that you wouldnt know i guess ) and things like this happened
http://www.cofepow.org.uk/remembranc...Maru/index.htm
its a very nice link and it has some very good shots of japanese " merchant " ships