Resolution Asks Investigation of Light Sentences WASHINGTON (AP) – A house judiciary committee investigation into the “light sentences” given four Japanese officers who took part in the trial and execution of three Doolittle fliers was asked in a resolution introduced by Rep. Francis Walter (D-Pa.) “What the Japanese officers admitted in their trial is murder in every state in the union. Some of us cannot understand the light sentence given in the military courts.” The three Japanese officers’ received five-year jail terms and a fourth nine years.”