War crime trials

John Brannon, left, stands next to his defendant, an unknown Japanese man who is being escorted by a United States Military Police officer.

Justice Erima Harvey Northcroft of New Zealand, representative to the International Military Tribunal of the Far East in his chambers at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan.

Charles B. Caudle, Defense Attorney representing Toshio Shiratori at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan, stands at the podium. He is proposing the dismissal of his client for the lack of evidence.

Samuel Roberts, Defense Attorney for Takazumi Oka, makes his first appearance before the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan.

Lord William Donald Patrick, Senator of His Majesty's College of Justice in Scotland and Judge of the Court of Sessions in Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He was representative to the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held in the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan.

Defense Attorney Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Warren stands at a podium as he represents Takazumi Oka and Kenji Doihara at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan.

John Brannon, center, was a defense attorney during the War Crimes Trials in Japan. Left, is General Hideki Tojo and right, General Kenryo Sato who were both charged with war crimes during World War II. The photo is inscribed across the lower right: "To Lt. Bernard C. [illegible] who helped put me in between these two guys."

Accused war criminal General Yamashita (left center) enters the High Commissioner's Residence near Manila, Philippines, where the war crime trial will be held. Major Aubrey S. Kenworthy (right center) walks General Yamashita through a Military Police guard detail shorty before arraignment. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Accused war criminal General Yamashita (with arrow above him) at his arraignment at the High Commissioners Residence near Manila, Philippines. Others in the photo are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Accused war criminal General Tomoyuki Yamashita (center) confers with his defense staff of United States Army Officers through an interpreter during his arraignment before an American Military Commission in Manila. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.