Provoo, John David, 1917-2001

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John David Provoo (August 6, 1917–August 28, 2001) was United States Army staff sergeant and practicing Buddhist who was convicted of treason for his conduct as a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II. His conviction was later overturned and he became a Buddhist priest. As a Buddhist teacher, he went by the name "Nichijo Shaka."
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referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section EBF 151: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98. Sub A. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98-1A-1-D (1-3 of 4). National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section BULKY 028: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 012: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 002: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section EBF 016: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section BULKY 971 Parts 1,2: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 018: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 011: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98-1A-1-B (1 and 2 of 4). National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 001: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 021: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 007: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 025: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 028: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98. Sec. 2. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section EBF 113: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of Justice, 1790 - 2002. Class 146 (Treasonable Utterances) Sound Recordings of Foreign Radio Broadcasts, 12/26/1943 - 1/4/1946?. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 014: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 022: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 003: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section EBF 061: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 019: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 020: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 023: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section BULKY 013: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 005: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 016: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 027: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98-1A-1-F. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98-1A-1-E (1-3 of 5). National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 017: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98-1A-1-D (4 of 4). National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section BULKY 013: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 010: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section SUB A 001: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section BULKY 028: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 004: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98-1A-1-C (5 of 5). National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section EBF 064: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section EBF 232: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 026: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98-1A-1-E (4 and 5 of 5). National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section BULKY 013: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Class 61 (Treason) Recordings of Foreign Radio Broadcasts , 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of Justice, 1790 - 2002. Select Subject Files Relating to the Treasonable Utterances of Iva Toguri d'Aquino (a.k.a. Tokyo Rose) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts , 1942 - 1967. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 024: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section SUB A 001: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98-1A-1-C (1-4 of 5). National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 009: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section EBF 012: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 015: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98. Vol. 4. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army), 1792 - 2010. Far East Name Index to the Series "Case Files, 1944-1949", 1944 - 1949. Pine, Edward C. THRU Pyle, Charles E. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 006: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98. Sec. 3 (2 and 3 of 3). National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98-1A-1-B (3 and 4 of 4). National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 1896 - 2008. Class 61 (Treason) and Class 100 (Domestic Security) Recordings of Foreign Radio Broadcasts National Archives at College Park
referencedIn United States v. John David Provoo Collection, 1900-2009, n.d. Iowa State University, Parks Library
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98-1A-1-G. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 013: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 25: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section SUB A 002: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section BULKY 162: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Index to File 61-879 Relating to Sergeant John David Provoo, ca. 1949 - ca. 1954 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 008: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section EBF 168: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98. Sec.3 (1 of 3). National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Select Field Office Case Files From Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 1942 - 2004. John David Provoo. Baltimore Field Office. 61-98. Sec. 1. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section BULKY 971 Parts 1,2: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Headquarters Files from Classification 61 (Treason) Released Under The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts, 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984. File 11342, Section 21: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 - 2003. Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times, ca. 1900 - ca. 1950. Prominent Personalities: Provoo, John David. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn United States v. John David Provoo Collection, 1900-2009, n.d. Iowa State University, Parks Library

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