Documents about death of Uncle in WWII

Ron Knights

My uncle was part of an experimental night fire bombing mission over Tokyo in 1945.

My uncle parachuted down and survived the crash. He was placed in a prison in Tokyo.

Awhile later, the allies again firebombed Tokyo, causing mass destruction and deaths.

My Uncle and many others died from the prison fires. The deaths around Tokyo were so numerous that authorities were not able to handle the bodies according to custom.

The authorities treated the prisoners remains with respect. But they needed to bury them in a mass grave.

My Uncles remains were finally buried in Arlington National Cemetary in 1949.

I have a set of documents describing the fire bombing mission including reports of how the prison staff did their best to battle the fires.

Also included are dental charts,etc., for identification of the remains. There's 135 pages in one document.

One issue with the documents is readibility. These were the days before Xerox machines, etc. There's a terrible background on most documents.

I did a Google search and discovered how to eliminate that dark background using PhotoShop.

I've emailed the Government agency who provided me the documents. I wanted them to know what I did, and offered my services.

I even hinted I'd like to work for them.

Either way, I will have my own legible copy of the documents.