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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. SENTENCED TO DEATH AT WAR CRIMINAL TRIALS FOR ORDERING THE EXECUTION OF THREE MEMBERS OF THE RAAF WHO HAD BEEN MADE PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) AFTER THEIR PLANES HAD BEEN FORCED DOWN IN THE TALAUD ISLANDS, THE THREE CONDEMNED MEN SPEND THEIR TIME IN THEIR SPECIAL ENCLOSURE UNTIL THE RESULT OF THEIR APPEAL IS KNOWN. CAPTAIN MISUMI WITH HIS BAMBOO FLUTE CHEERS THE OTHER TWO, COLONEL KOBA AND MAJOR TOMURA WITH A MUSICAL TUNE, AS THEY SIT BEHIND BARBED WIRE AND OWEN GUNS IN THEIR ENCLOSURE.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. CONTRASTING WITH THE WAY AUSTRALIANS SPENT THEIR CHRISTMAS STANDOWNS IS THIS SCENE SHOWN IN THE SPECIAL COMPOUND, WHICH HOUSES THOSE JA
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. CONTRASTING WITH THE WAY AUSTRALIANS SPENT THEIR CHRISTMAS STANDOWNS IS THIS SCENE SHOWN IN THE SPECIAL COMPOUND, WHICH HOUSES THOSE JA
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-25. SENTENCED TO DEATH AT WAR CRIMINAL TRIALS FOR THE ORDERING OF THE EXECUTION OF RAAF AIRMEN AT BEO IN THE TALAUD ISLANDS, THESE JAPANESE
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. BEHIND BARBED WIRE IN THEIR SPECIAL ENCLOSURE, SERGEANT UCHINO AND PRIVATE TANAKA SPEND PART OF CHRISTMAS DAY WASHING OUT THEIR CLOTHES
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. BEHIND BARBED WIRE IN THEIR SPECIAL ENCLOSURE, SERGEANT UCHINO AND PRIVATE TANAKA SPEND PART OF CHRISTMAS DAY WASHING OUT THEIR CLOTHES
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. SITTING WITH CROSSED LEGS IN TYPICAL JAPANESE FASHION THESE FOUR JAPANESE, FOUND GUILTY AT WAR CRIMINAL TRIALS OF BAYONETTING TO DEATH
