ˌɔn dᵻsˈɛmbɚ fˈoːɹtiːn, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈoːɹ, ˈɑːkjʊpˌaɪɪŋ dʒˌæpənˈiːz sˈoʊldʒɚz hˈɜːdᵻd wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ɹᵻmˈeɪnɪŋ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən pˌiːˌoʊdˈʌbəljˌuːz ðæt kənstɹˈʌktᵻd ðɪ ˈɛɹstɹɪp ˌɪntʊ ˈɛɹ ɹˈeɪd tɹˈɛntʃᵻz, dˈaʊst ðˌɛm wɪð ɡˈæsəlˌiːn, sˈɛt ðˌɛm ɐfˈaɪɚ, ðˈɛn məʃˈiːŋɡˈʌnd ænd bˈeɪoʊnˌiːɾᵻd ðˌɛm tə dˈɛθ.
On December 14, 1944, occupying Japanese soldiers herded 150 remaining American POWs that constructed the airstrip into air raid trenches, doused them with gasoline, set them afire, then machine-gunned and bayoneted them to death.