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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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
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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 September 26, 2022)
- Publication Title
- WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - Army
- Total Records
- 3,962 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- 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.
