The Evening Star (December 15, 1945)
Additional charges filed against Homma in Manila
MANILA (AP) – U.S. Army headquarters today announced filing of additional war crimes charges against Japanese Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, “death march” commander, including the allegation that he refused to grant quarter to American and Allied forces on May 6, 1942, when Gen. Wainwright offered to surrender.
Homma’s arraignment was set for next Wednesday, a day later than originally planned.
Homma fired on Corregidor and three other fortified islands in the mouth of Manila Bay despite Gen. Wainwright’s surrender offer, the new criminal specifications charged, “thus killing and wounding United States troops.”