[Major Ben Bruce Blakeney at podium]

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Identifier2020-03-04_image_091SourceThe Robert F. Hardin World War II Japanese War Trials Photograph Collection (2020-03-04), Folder 1CreatorUnited States. Army. Signal CorpsDescriptionPhotograph of Major Ben Bruce Blakeney at a podium during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, War Ministry Building, Tokyo, Japan, January 30, 1947.

Caption on verso: "FEC-47-70706. 30 Jan 47. Defense attorney at IMTFE in Tokyo: Major Ben Bruce Blakeney, defense attorney representing Yoshijiro Umezu at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, proposes a dismissal of the case against his defendant for lack of evidence, during the war crimes trials of the 26 alleged Japanese war criminals in the War Ministry Bldg., Tokyo, Japan. Major. Blakeney, whose home is in Oklahoma City, Okla., attended VA. Military Inst.; W. & L. Univ.; Sorbonne, U. of Okla., B.A. - 1926, and Harvard Law School, LLB - 1932. He served as attorney for Okla. Magnolia Petro. Co.; entered the Army in April 1942; served as Chief, Japanese SEO. & P.O.W. Interrogation Div., Air Intell. School, June 1942 - April 1946; was lecturer to Air Staff, Washington, D.C., and traveled around the world twice on Intell. missions, 1943-44, 1945. Major Blakeney is one of the few U.S. attorneys that speaks Japanese fluently. Photographer - Einhorn."

Stamped on verso: "Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army."Creation Date1947-01-30SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945War crimes trialsInternational Military Tribunal for the Far EastInternational courtsTokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948Blakeney, Ben BrucePlaceTokyo (Japan)JapanOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Robert F. Hardin World War II Japanese War Trials Photograph Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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