English: OKUNOSHIMA, JAPAN. WING COMMANDER D. R. MACLEOD (RAAF) OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, DISPOSAL ENEMY EQUIPMENT SECTION, BCOF, AND STAFF SERGEANT S. WILSON, AMMUNITION EXAMINER, WATCH THE DECONTAMINATION OF THE MUSTARD GAS PLANT. THE MUSTARD GAS PLANT (FRENCH PATT) OF THE TOKYO 2ND ARMY ARSENAL, SITUATED ON OKUNOSHIMA, ISLAND OF THE INLAND SEA, WAS DECONTAMINATED BY FIRE. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE POISON GAS ON THE ISLAND WAS COMPLETED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. PRIOR TO BURNING, THE INTERIOR OF THE LARGE CONCRETE AND BRICK BUILDING WAS STACKED WITH PILES OF GASOLINE-SOAKED DEBRIS. THE WORK OF DECONTAMINATION WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE TEIKOKU RAYON COMPANY UNDER CONTRACT FROM THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT AND UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE DISPOSAL ENEMY EQUIPMENT SECTION, BCOF (DEE SEC).