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MOROTAI. 1946-01-11. LEGAL BRANCH HEADQUARTERS MOROTAI FORCE. THE TRIAL OF REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA AND COMMANDER BARON TAKASAKI, BOTH CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF THREE AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN AT MENADO. LEFT TO RIGHT CAPTAIN M. B. TINDALL, A COURT INTERPRETER; CAPTAIN F. LYNCH, DEFENCE OFFICER; UNKNOWN, LIEUTENANT K. G. DONOHUE, DEFENCE INTERPRETER; BARON TAKASAKI, LIEUTENANT YUNOMURA, A WITNESS AND HIMSELF A WAR CRIMINAL; AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. A. "JERUSALEM JOE" COURTNEY, ASSISTANT PROVOST MARSHAL. HAMANAKA WAS CONVICTED AND TAKASAKI ACQUITTED. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT R. L. STEWART)
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