Papers, 1942-1971.

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Papers, 1942-1971.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27964496

Collection includes correspondence, exhibits, statements and other legal documents, interviews, newspaper clippings, and photographs all relating to the Yamashita case.

.9 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7251190

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Yamashita, Tomobumi, 1885-1946

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Guy, George F., 1904-1980.

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Guy, an attorney, practiced law in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for fifty-three years. During World War II he served with the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate Corps. In 1945 he served as one of six defense lawyers for Japanese General Tomobumi Yamashita who was captured in 1942. Yamashita was sentenced to death in 1945 for war crimes committed by his soldiers in the Phillipines. From the description of Papers, 1942-1971. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 27964496...