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...Morio Shigematsu, 25: the 69th Boston Marathon, pit-patting over the grueling 26-mi. 385-yd. course in 2 hrs. 16 min. 33 sec. to clip a full 2 min. off the record set two years ago by Belgium's Aurele Vandendriessche; at Boston. Shigematsu led a parade of his countrymen across the line; Japanese took second, third, fifth and sixth places as well. Vandendriessche wound up fourth; first U.S. runner to finish was Ralph Buschmann in seventh place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scoreboard: Who Won Apr. 30, 1965 | 4/30/1965 | See Source »

...Wellesley halfway point, Canadian Ronald Wallingford took a temporary lead, but Shigematsu, Shishidok, Nakao, Funasako, and Matsubara were now right behind. The Japanese moved on to finish in exactly that order. Wallingford faded back to eleventh, dropping be hind Ostbye at tenth, Valle at ninth; Eino Oksanen, a past winner from Finland, at eighth; and Ralph Buschmann, the leading American in the race, at seventh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hewlett Winds Up 21st in 26-Mile Boston Marathon; Japanese Set Record, Grab Five of First Six Places | 4/20/1965 | See Source »

Just before the verdict was read, sharp-nosed Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara, who had ordered the mass murder, had a request to make of the court. He asked "that the people who planned and carried out the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan should be regarded in the same light as we." The court ignored his plea. The sentence: death, by hanging, for Admiral Sakaibara and ten other Japanese naval officers under his command...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR CRIMES: Retribution | 1/7/1946 | See Source »

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