[Military Police inspecting defendants' chairs]

Photograph of Military Police inspecting the defendants' chairs during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, War Ministry Building, Tokyo, Japan, circa 1947-1948. The men are (from left to right) Corporal George H. Butler, Private Sidney Silverman, and Corporal Vernon J. Flanders.

Caption on verso: "Safety precautions at IMTFE in Tokyo: Military police, at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo, Japan, inspect the seats of the 26 alleged Japanese war criminals, during the noon recess of the trials in the War Ministry Bldg., to make sure no instruments of death have been placed there. L-R: Cpl. George H. Butler, Saldua, S. Carolina; Pvt. Sidney Silverman, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Cpl. Vernon J. Flanders, from St. Louis MO., are all stationed with the Military Police Det., IMTFE, GHQ-FEC."

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