Records of Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II, 1907 - 1966. Records Relating to Trials of Japanese and Korean Leaders for War Crimes by U.S. Military Commissions, 1945 - 1949. [Review of Record of Trial]. Letter from General Douglas MacArthur, Commander in Chief, U.S. Ar

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Records of Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II, 1907 - 1966. Records Relating to Trials of Japanese and Korean Leaders for War Crimes by U.S. Military Commissions, 1945 - 1949. [Review of Record of Trial]. Letter from General Douglas MacArthur, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East, 2/7/1946.

1946

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26363393

This item consists of a letter from General Douglas MacArthur upholding the guilty verdict against Tomobumi Yamashita, a former general in the Japanese Imperial Army accused of war crimes by the United States.

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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...