"Twenty-one years earlier, in 1947, the United States charged a Japanese officer, Yukio Asano, with war crimes for carrying out another form of waterboarding on a U.S. civilian. The subject was strapped on a stretcher that was tilted so that his feet were in the air and head near the floor, and small amounts of water were poured over his face, leaving him gasping for air until he agreed to talk.

"Asano was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor," Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) told his colleagues last Thursday during the debate on military commissions legislation. "We punished people with 15 years of hard labor when waterboarding was used against Americans in World War II," he said."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100402005.html

"The United States has a historical record of regarding waterboarding as a crime, and has prosecuted individuals for the use of the practice in the past. In 1947, the United States prosecuted a Japanese military officer, Yukio Asano, for carrying out a form of waterboarding on a U.S. civilian during World War II. Yukio Asano received a sentence of 15 years of hard labor.[31] The charges of Violation of the Laws and Customs of War against Asano also included "beating using hands, fists, club; kicking; burning using cigarettes; strapping on a stretcher head downward."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding

ARRELL:
"Furthermore the poor Japanese fellows we proscecuted with warcrimes for waterboarding prisoners in WWII need to be issued a formal apology!"

Right, so let's find Yukio Asano who "waterboarded" for 30 mins, beat them with a club, and used cigarettes to burn US civilians- and stole their red cross care packages- and issue a formal apology. And in addition to an apology, Yukio Asano should be given his 15 mins of fame by the media networks- and no doubt there are movie rights he should entitled to