[Lieutenant Colonel J. S. Damste questioning Major Michael Cartmer Gower Ringer]

Photograph of Lieutenant Colonel J. S. Damste (right) questioning Major Michael Cartmer Gower Ringer (left) during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, War Ministry Building, Tokyo, Japan, December 23, 1946. A

Caption on verso: "WPA-46-69789. 23 Dec 46. Japanese-born Britisher testifies at major war crimes trials: Major Michael Cartmer Gower Ringer, Dogra Regiment, Indian Army, appears in the witness stand during the trials of the 27 accused Japanese war criminals, at the war crime trials in the War Ministry Bldg., Tokyo, Japan. A witness for the prosecution's phase breach of law and customs of war in major war crimes trials in Tokyo, is examined by Netherlands’ associate counsel, Lt. Col. J.S. Damste. Photographer - Wegner."

Stamped on verso: "Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army."