Jap Abuser of Illinois Yank Gets 50 Years News Article
Jap Abuser of Illinois Yank Gets 50 Years News Article
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Collection | C.W.J. Phelps Collection |
| Box | Box 2 |
| Folder | Second Phelps Scrap Book |
| Repository | University of Virginia Law Library |
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Reports on the 50-year sentenced given to Lt. Miyoroku Okada ("former Nagoya prisoner of war camp commandant") by the Eighth Army commission in Yokohama. Lists the charges against him. Also states that Lt. Takeharu Hirata (former Fukuoka camp commander) will go on trial on Wednesday and that Lt. James A. Miner "was named to prosecute three Japanese officers who will be tried at Manila for war crimes in the Philippines).