War crime trials

An unidentified defense attorney stands outside the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan next to the International Military Tribunal of the Far East sign.

Three Japanese defense counsel members look over a document on a table during the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. All are unidentified.

An unidentified defense attorney stands outside the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan during the International Military Tribunal of the Far East.

Two unidentified defense attorneys stand outside the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan next to the International Military Tribunal of the Far East sign.

Kenryo Sato, a Japanese war criminal, sits in the courtroom listening in on the International Military Tribunal of the Far East in Tokyo, Japan. A military police officer stands by his side. Others are unidentified.

An unidentified group of defense attorneys stand outside the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. They were a part of the International Military Tribunal of the Far East sign.

John Brannon stands at the lectern in the courtroom before the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. Brannon was a defense attorney who represented Japanese war criminals at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. Others are unidentified.

William Logan of New York City of the defense counsel stands at the lectern of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. He was reading the individual summation for the defendant Koichi Kido. Handwritten on the photo (on the paper flipped over the lectern): "To my friend & colleague John Brannon - Bill Logan."

Members of the Japanese defense counsel sit around a table. John Brannon is fourth from right. Elaine Fischel, a legal secretary, is third from right. The man fifth from the right is Kichisaburo Nomura. John Brannon was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, Japan. Others are unidentified.

Members of the Japanese defense counsel sit around a table. John Brannon is fourth from right. Elaine Fischel, a legal secretary, is third from right. The man fifth from the right is Kichisaburo Nomura. John Brannon was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, Japan. Others are unidentified.