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Parent | Four Japs Given Long Prison Terms for Pilot Torture News Article |
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Date | |
Language | English |
Collection | C.W.J. Phelps Collection |
Box | Box 2 |
Folder | Second Phelps Scrap Book |
Repository | University of Virginia Law Library |
Four Japs Given Long Prison Terms for Pilot Torture
SHANGHAI, June 9, (AP) – A military court today sentenced Japanese Capt. Yoshio Nakano to a life term at hard labor after conviction on charges of torturing an American pilot who crashed in Formosa in May, 1945.
Two lance corporals were given 30 years each and a superior private 25 years for the same offense.
The pilot, Lt. Ted Hart made a special trip to China to testify against the quartet and was in court when the sentences were passed.