Eichelberger Upholds Jap's Jail Sentence News Article
Eichelberger Upholds Jap's Jail Sentence 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 that Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger of the Eighth Army ruled the plea for a suspended sentence for Japanese Major Yaichi Rikitake "inadequate" and ordered the 15 years of imprisonment sentence carried out. Rikitake was "convicted for failing to provide adequate medical care for prisoners of war at his camp [Fukuoka Prison Camp No. 3], which resulted in the death of several of them."