[Torashirō Kawabe seated in witness box]
Title
[Torashirō Kawabe seated in witness box]
Description
Photograph of Torashirō Kawabe seated in the witness box during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, War Ministry Building, Tokyo, Japan, October 14, 1946.
Caption on verso: "WPA-46-68231. 14 Oct. 46. Japanese Deputy Chief of Staff testifies to burning of secret documents: Lt. Gen. Torashirō Kawabe, ex-Deputy Chief of Staff, witness for prosecution’s phase, Relations Between Soviet Union and Japan in trial of 27 leading Japanese war criminals, testifies that, from the time Japan surrendered until Allied Forces prohibited it, innumerable secret documents were methodically burned. Photographer - Wegner."
Stamped on verso: "Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army."
Date
1946-10-14
Subject
Format
Source
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
The Robert F. Hardin World War II Japanese War Trials Photograph Collection/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
2020-03-04_image_019_01
2020-03-04_image_019_02