War crime trials of World War II in Manila, Philippines. Officials get seated for a trial. An officer talks to the commission. The commission includes Commanding Officer Brigadier General Arthur G. Trudeau,Colonel Henry W Holt,Philippine Army General Basilio Valdes,Colonel Richard G Stickney. Sister Buenaventura on stand. The sister is sworn in. A collaborator on witness stand.
War crime trials of World War II in Manila, Philippines. Officials get seated for the trial. The commission seated includes Commanding Officer Brigadier General Arthur G. Trudeau,Colonel Henry W. Holt,Philippine Army General Basilio Valdes,Colonel Richard G. Stickney. Collaborator Theodoro Sanchez enters and testifies.
War crime trials of World War II in Manila, Philippines. The commission seated includes Commanding Officer Brigadier General Arthur G. Trudeau,Colonel Henry W. Holt,Philippine Army General Basilio Valdes,Colonel Richard G. Stickney. Interpreter leans over a table and questions the defendants. U.S. Graves Registration Lieutenant Larkin is sworn in. Commission looks at photos. Filipino witness Julian Leo on stand. Courtroom during the trial. Court is adjourned. Commission and defendants leave.
Sergeant Richard Sakakida testifying during Yamashita trial in Manila, Philippines after World War II. American officers and prosecutors enter into the court room. Maps on a wall. Hawaiian-born Japanese-American (Nisei) sergeant Richard Sakakida sits in a chair and is questioned. He answers about his birth and his capture by Japanese forces. He answers about Japanese attitude during capture and his assignment as interpreter in HQ of General Yamashita.
Sergeant Richard Sakakida testifying during Yamashita trial in Manila, Philippines after World War II. Hawaiian-born Japanese-American (Nisei) sergeant Richard Sakakida seated in a chair before prosecutors and officers in a court room. Maps on a wall. Sergeant Richard Sakakida answers about the North Cemetery Massacre and the Court Martial Cases # 77, 88 and 89. Prosecutor questions him. Sergeant also tells of the 2000 cases of people being executed, including seven Americans. He witnessed the execution of the Americans.
Dr. Walter K Frankel testifying during Yamashita trial in Manila, Philippines after World War II. Prosecutors and officers in a court room. Maps on a wall. Dr. Walter K Frankel is called to the stand and cross examined by Captain Manning D Webster, assistant prosecutor. The doctor describes how four families and his own were herded into a house. Furniture was stacked around them, a grenade thrown at them and the furniture ignited with gasoline. Four of the women cried out and were shot in the head by the Japanese soldiers.