Oral history interview with J. D. Bradley, 2003 June 27.

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Oral history interview with J. D. Bradley, 2003 June 27.

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Interview with J. D. Bradley, postmaster and Army veteran (720th Military Police Battalion), concerning his experiences and observations as a guard during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo after World War II. Enlistment in the Army, October 3, 1946; basic training, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1946; voyage across the Pacific to Japan, February, 1947; stopovers at Oahu and Guam; assignment to the 720th MP Battalion at the Imperial War Ministry Building in Tokyo, March, 1947; rules and regulations for MP guards; guard duty in the court docks during the tribunal; comments about the defendants; steps taken to prevent suicides among the prisoners; his physical description of the interior of the courtroom in the War Ministry Building; checks for hidden weapons in the courtroom; courtroom procedures; his experiences in guarding Hideki Tojo; his description of various security procedures; comments about the Allied judges; steps taken to impress the Japanese people; description of living quarters and conditions at the War Ministry Building; relations with Japanese civilians; black market activities; his relationship with a Japanese correspondent and trading cigarettes for photographs of the proceedings; his description of Sugamo Prison; comments about his commanding officer, Lt. Col. Aubrey S. Kenworthy. Appendix consists of photocopies of photographs (six leaves) and footnotes (two leaves).

40, [9] leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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