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Title: Tomoya Kawakita behind bars in the Los Angeles County Jail, 1947
Date Created and/or Issued: June 7, 1947
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-2110
Description: RECKONING DUE: Tomoya Kawakita remained sullenly behind bars in the County Jail yesterday while authorities collected evidence against him by former servicemen who identified him as cruel foreman of Jap prison camp.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b18_46441
ark:/21198/zz0002sft5
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Legal
Prisoners of war--United States--Abuse of
Prisoners of war--Japan
Trials (Treason)--United States
People
Kawakita, Tomoya, 1921---Trials, litigation, etc
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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