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Defense Counsel with Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura

The Navy defendants were interested in Nomura's story of the delayed Japanese notification of the Pearl Harbor attack. Reading around the table from left to right, Okuyama (Counsel for Kagans), Takahaski (Counsel for Shimada, Navy Minister), McDermoth (Counsel for Shimada), Admiral Nomura (Japanese Ambassador to the United States), John Brannon, Elaine Fischel, Yamaska (New York attorney), Colonel Warren (Council for Admiral Oka, one of the accused).

Army Nurses Attend War Crimes Trial in Japan

Army nurses attend the War Crimes Trial in Japan as spectators. From left to right: Captain Edna Lura of Roland, Iowa; Major Grace Alt of Baltimore, Maryland; Lieutenant Colonel Mary Philips of Freesburg, Wisconsin; and Colonel Florence Blanchfield of Washington D.C. They were seated in the distinguished spectators gallery in the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan at the trial of twenty seven leading Japanese war criminals.

Admiral Richardson Testifies at War Crimes Trial

Admiral James Richardson, former Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, testifies in the witness box, at the War Crimes Trials of the twenty-seven accused Japanese war criminals. The trial was held in the War Ministry Building courtroom in Tokyo, Japan. Members of his party stand in the rear, left to right Captain J.J. Robinson, Admiral Richardson, Lieutenant P.S. McManus, and Commander C.T. Cole.

Colonel Cyril Hew Dalrymple Wild of the British Military

Colonel Cyril Hew Dalrymple Wild of the British military sits in the witness box at the War Ministry Building Courtroom in Tokyo, Japan. He was a War Crime Liaison Officer, who testified for the prosecution that Japan violated Siam's neutrality, also to the mistreatment of prisoners of war by the Japanese in a trial of twenty-seven ex-leaders of Japan. He was killed the next day in a plane crash on his way to Singapore.

Members of the Counsel for the Defense

Members of the Counsel for the Defense, seated around a table in the courtroom of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Pictured from left to right, Mr. Uzawa, J. C. Howard, A. W. Brooks, W. Logan, John Brannon, L. McManus, M. Levin, G. Yakamoka, and G. Blewett. The counsel defended twenty-six alleged Japanese war criminals in the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan.

Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger and Party Visit International Military Tribunal of the Far East Courtroom

Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger and his party visited the International Military Tribunal of the Far East Courtroom. From left to right Major J.J. Gibbons, Mrs. Gibbons, Major General Byers, Mrs. Byers, Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger, and Mrs. Eichelberger. They listen to the cross-examination of Vice Admiral Richardson during the Pearl Harbor phase of the War Crimes Trial in Tokyo, Japan.

View of War Crimes Trial in Tokyo, Japan

Original caption: Among the alleged major Japanese war criminals on trial at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are left from right (first row), Sadao Araki, Akira Muto, Naoki Hoshino, Okinori Kaya, Koichi Kido, Heitaro Kimura, (back row) left to right, Shigenori Togo, Kenryo Sato, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Shigetaro Shimada, Toshio Shiratori, Teiichi Suzuki, and Seishiro Itagaki. All others are unidentified.

International Justices of the War Crimes Trial in Tokyo, Japan

Original caption: This was the first group picture of the International Justices of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East since Major General Myron Cramer took the place of Justice Higgins on the bench. The distinguished members are, seated, left to right, Justice Patrick, Great Britain; Justice Cramer, United States; Chief Justice Webb, Australia; Justice Mei, China; Justice Zayanov, Russia.

Attorneys Representing Ten Nations at War Crimes Trial in Tokyo, Japan

Attorneys representing ten nations at the War Crimes Trial in Tokyo, Japan, are present prior to the departure of Minister A. A. Golunsky for Russia. The attorneys gathered in Mr. Keenan's office. Left to right, seated Minister S. Golunsky, Russia; A. Comyns Carr, United Kingdom; J. Keenan, United States; Major General Borgeroff Mrlder, Netherlands; Justice A. Mansfield, Australia. Left to right, standing, Brigadier R. H. Cuillian, New Zealand; Henry Chui, China; R. Oneto, France; Pedro Lopez, Philippines, Brigadier H. G. Noland, Canada.