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Parent Four Japs Given Long Prison Terms for Pilot Torture 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
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.