MSS2012-1_b1_f1_i304_0001
Parent | Charge Jap Officer with Killing of Wisconsin GI News Article |
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Date | |
Language | English |
Collection | C.W.J. Phelps Collection |
Box | Box 1 |
Folder | First Phelps Scrap Book |
Repository | University of Virginia Law Library |
Charge Jap Officer with Killing of Wisconsin GI
Tokyo, Japan, March 12 (AP) – Uichi Ikegami, former Japanese first lieutenant, was charged today with torturing and killing Elbert Knox, Cuba City, Wis., at a Sasebo prison camp. Specifications were filed by Col. Alva C. Carpenter, chief of allied headquarters’ legal section. They charge that Knox was beaten and confined in a guardhouse without sufficient food, water, or clothing.