War crime trials

Mr. Esguarra testifies before the war crimes trial of Tomoyuki Yamashita about injuries he received from a Japanese soldier. Location is the High Commissioner's residence in Manila, Philippines. Other soldiers are unidentified. Donor: John Paxton

Wife of General Masaharu Homma who was on trial for war crimes in Manila, Philippines. The High Commissioner's residence is in the background. Donor: John Paxton

Australian Captain N. J. Sparnon is sworn in as a witness for the prosecution during the war crimes trial of Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita. Location is the High Commissioner's residence in Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton

Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita and the defense attorneys, standing as the council is sworn in during the war crimes trials in Manila. Donor: John Paxton

Spectators at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Seated front row, left to right: Assistant Postmaster General Gael Sullivan; Senator Millard Tydings; and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan. All others unidentified.

Visitors at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Front row, left to right: Assistant Postmaster General Gael Sullivan; Senator Millard Tydings; and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan. Others are unidentified.

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (left) and Russian Prosecutor S. A Golenski (right) converse at War Crimes Trials in Tokyo, Japan. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

From left to right, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, U.S. Prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan, and Russian Prosecutor S. A. Golenski conversing at the War Crimes Trials in Tokyo, Japan. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Russian Prosecutor S. A. Golenski (left) and Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (right) converse at the War Crimes Trials at Tokyo, Japan. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (seated third from left in front row behind partition) at the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals. Several people in the photograph wear headphones to listen to translations of the proceedings.