WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - Navy
Records: 19,774 · 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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Source Information
"Navy JAG Case Files of Pacific Area War Crimes Trials, 1944-1949" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/492/wwii-jag-case-files-pacific-navy: accessed June 28, 2022)
- Publication Title
- WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - Navy
- Total Records
- 19,774 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- C72
- Record Group
- 125
- Published on Fold3
- 05 Nov 2007
- Last Updated
- 05 Nov 2007
- Description
- NARA C72. Trial documents relating to Japanese prisoners of war and crimes committed during World War II.