WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - Army record example

    WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - Army

    Records: 3,962 · Complete: 100%

    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.

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    Example Records

    Report of a young Japanese-American who was in Japan when the war broke out.
    Report of a young Japanese-American who was in Japan when the war broke out.
    Translation of a page of a Japanese soldier's diary
    Translation of a page of a Japanese soldier's diary
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    Source Information

    "Army JAG Case Files of Pacific Area War Crimes Trials, 1944-1949 (Including Iwanami Case)" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/491/wwii-jag-case-files-pacific-army: accessed June 29, 2022)

    Publication Title
    WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - Army
    Total Records
    3,962 · Complete: 100%
    Content Source
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    Publication Number
    C73
    Published on Fold3
    05 Nov 2007
    Last Updated
    05 Nov 2007
    Description
    NARA C73. Trial documents relating to Japanese prisoners of war and crimes committed during World War II.