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MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1945-10-08. THE ARRAIGNMENT BY THE AMERICAN MILITARY COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA, "THE TIGER OF MALAYA" AT THE RESIDENCE OF UNITED THE STATES HIGH COMMISSIONER MR R. D. DEWEY. DUE TO THE LACK OF SUITABLE VENUE IN WAR DAMAGED MANILA, WAR CRIMES TRIALS WERE HELD IN THE RESIDENCE. GENERAL YAMASHITA, WHO HAD BEEN CAPTURED MONTHS EARLIER WAS TRIED AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXECUTED. HERE HE IS SHOWN ARRIVING AT THE RESIDENCE ACCOMPANIED BY UNITED STATES MILITARY POLICE. (PHOTOGRAPHER LT N. B. STUCKEY)
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