Analyzing the “Photographic Evidence” of the Nanking Massacre

This line of thinking is too far-fetched to be believable. If Durdin had really been aneyewitness to the massacre in Nanking, even after the loss of his written andphotographed records, he should have been able to pen an article upon his arrival inShanghai by recalling the dramatic scenes that so tremendously shocked him. The factis, however, that no foreign correspondent did so because such a massacre did not occur.The “Panay” as shown in Photo 3 (RBS) and in Photo A (RON-YY) areobviously different from the real Panay as captured in Photos B, C, and D. However,since the Panay Incident was not a part of the Nanking massacre, the research groupdecided not to conduct further investigation concerning these photos.Photo A: RON-YY’s caption of this photograph incorrectly identifies this ship as the Panay.Photo B: A photograph of the Panay in the Japan Advertiser, 14 December 1937.66