Prison Chief to be Tried by 8th Army News Article
Prison Chief to be Tried by 8th Army News Article
| Date | |
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| Language | English |
| Collection | C.W.J. Phelps Collection |
| Box | Box 1 |
| Folder | First Phelps Scrap Book |
| Repository | University of Virginia Law Library |
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Reports on the upcoming trial of Capt. Yuhichi Sakachi Sakamoto (a Japanese prison commandant) in front of the Eighth Army military commission in Yokohama. He was charged with ordering prisoner's of war to celebrate President Roosevelt's death. Col. Oliver E. Trechter was scheduled to serve as the judge. Another news wire piece reports on the progress of Capt. Isao Fukuhara's trial.