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Masaharu Homma firing squad execution sentence...
Masaharu Homma firing squad execution sentence...
Item # 724090
February 18, 1946
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 18, 1946
* Masaharu Homma sentenced to death
* Imperial Japanese Army general in WWII
* Bataan Death March leader - Philippines
Page 3 has a three column photo headed: "Japanese War Criminal Hears His Death Sentence" and brief text. (see images)
Complete with 38 pages, rag edition in great condition.
wikipedia notes: Masaharu Homma was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Homma commanded the Japanese 14th Army, which invaded the Philippines and perpetrated the Bataan Death March. After the war, Homma was convicted of war crimes relating to the actions of troops under his direct command and executed by firing squad on April 3, 1946.
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