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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 GET THEIR EXERCISE FROM A DAILY WRESTLING BOUT IN THEIR SPECIAL COMPOUND. WRESTLING IN THE RING ARE LIEUTENANT TANAKA AND MAJOR TOMURA WITH A VERY EXCITED CAPTAIN MISUMI REFEREEING.
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. 1945-12-18. 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. SENTENCED TO DEATH AT WAR CRIMINAL TRIALS FOR ORDERING THE EXECUTION OF THREE MEMBERS OF THE RAAF WHO HAD BEEN MADE PRISONERS OF WAR (P
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
