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The Lincoln Times
Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
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Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita was sentenced to death by hanging by a U.S. military commission in Manila for permitting Japanese atrocities in the Philippines. The execution awaits review by Western Pacific Army commander and confirmation by General MacArthur.
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FOR YAMASHITA
Jap General In
Philippines
Must Pay For Atrocities
He Permitted
Manila, Dec. 10—Death on the gallows was decreed for Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita by a five-general U. S. military commission which found him guilty of permitting monstrous atrocities by Japanese troops in the Philippines.
No date was set for the execution, which in accordance with American military law must await review of the commission's findings by the commander of Army forces in the Western Pacific and confirmation by General MacArthur.
Yamashita's shoulders sagged as he heard the death sentence, but he straightened quickly and made a curt bow to the commission. He listened stony-faced but his fingers drummed the table as Maj. Gen. Russell B. Reynolds slowly read the findings of the commission, with the defendant's interpreter translating word by word into Japanese.
Before hearing the verdict, the conqueror of Malaya and one-time Japanese commander in the Philippines stood, visibly nervous, while the interpreter read this statement to the court:
"I wish to stand here today with a clear conscience and swear to God I am innocent of these charges. I wish to take this opportunity to express gratitude to the United States officers of the defense, brilliant and upright officers. I want to thank the commission for a fair trial."
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Manila
Event Date
Dec. 10
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death on the gallows decreed; execution awaits review by commander of army forces in the western pacific and confirmation by general macarthur
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A five-general U.S. military commission found Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita guilty of permitting monstrous atrocities by Japanese troops in the Philippines and sentenced him to death by hanging. Yamashita reacted with sagging shoulders, a bow, and stony-faced listening while drumming fingers. Before the verdict, he stated his innocence and thanked the defense and commission for a fair trial.