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JAG is the acronym for Judge Advocate General. These records comprise legal case files relating to crimes committed during World War II by Japanese soldiers and sailors, prosecuted under US military law. Not all of the accused were guilty. These records are sorted by case file titles. Some files are brief, while others may contain hundreds of pages of testimony, correspondence, and court documents. Continue…
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Annotation added: The specification under the charge will allege the unlawful killing without justifiable cause, at Mili Atoll Marshall Islands on 5 November 1942, 2 Catholic priests, name one Louis Durand, a French national, and one Leo Marquis, a Swiss national, both held captive by the armed forces of Japan. Maximum penalty for such offenses is death.
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Annotation added: island of Marakei
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Annotation added: BRUTAL TREATMENT OF Ps/w BY JAPANESE
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Annotation added: December 1941 until November 1943
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Army JAG Case Files of Pacific Area War Crimes Trials, 1944-1949 (Including Iwanami Case). Original data from: The National Archives
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