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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-12. AFTER HEARING THE SENTENCE AND BEING ASKED IF HE HAD ANYTHING TO SAY, REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA, EVIDENTLY GRAVELY AGITATED, DELIVERED A LONG TIRADE FOR THE MITIGATION OF HIS SENTENCE. ALMOST SHOUTING, HE CONCLUDED, "THE SENTENCE WOULD APPEAR TO BE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST ME AND AGAINST JAPAN". HAMANAKA WAS FOUND GUILTY BY THE WAR CRIMINALS TRIAL COURT OF HAVING ORDERED THE EXECUTION OF ONE RAAF AIRMAN AND A MEMBER OF THE RAN ON 1945-06-19 NEAR MENADO, NORTHERN CELEBES. BARON TAKASAKI WHO WAS CHARGED WITH HIM WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY. HAMANAKA DELIVERING HIS SPEECH, HAD TO BE CALLED TO ORDER BY THE COURT.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-12. BARON TAKASAKI (BA CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY) AND REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA, ESCORTED BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. COURTNEY AND CAPTAIN D. M. O'FARR
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-12. REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA, WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY BY THE WAR CRIMINALS TRIAL COURT OF HAVING ORDERED THE EXECUTION OF A RAAF AIRMAN AND A MEM
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-12. BARON TAKASAKI, A COMMANDER IN THE JAPANESE NAVY, AND REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA, ESCORTED BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. COURTNEY AND CAPTAIN D.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-11. IN THE WAR CRIMINALS TRIAL COURT ROOM CAPTAIN (CAPT) F. LYNCH (DEFENDING OFFICER FOR JAPANESE ACCUSED, BARON TAKASAKI AND REAR ADMIRAL
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-11. BARON TAKASAKI AND REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA LEAVING THE COURT WHERE THEY ARE ON TRIAL AS WAR CRIMINALS FOR THE ALLEGED ORDERING OF THE EXE
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-11. IN THE WAR CRIMINALS TRIAL COURT ROOM CAPTAIN (CAPT) M. TINDALE, INTERPRETER, QUESTIONS LIEUTENANT YUNOMURA DURING THE TRIAL OF BARON T
