Tojo, Hideki, 1884-1948

Hideki Tojo chats with his attorney, Captain Beverly Coleman, Chief Defense Council, before arraignment at the War Crimes Trial in Tokyo. This includes a duplicate photo and negative. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific, in Tokyo, Japan, July, 1946.

General Tojo and other alleged Japanese war criminals arrive at the War Ministry Building for their arraignment. This includes a duplicate photo and negative. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific, in Tokyo, Japan, July, 1946.

Photo of Ex-Prime Minister Tojo after an attempted suicide. Tojo will be tried before International Military Tribunal for the Far East. This photo includes a duplicate and a negative. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific, in Tokyo, Japan, July, 1946.

John Brannon, center, stands next to Hideki Tojo, left, and Kenryo Sato, right. John Brannon was a defense attorney who represented Admiral Osami Nagano, Admiral Shigetaro, Shimada, Koichi Kido, and Shigenori Togo at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. Tojo and Sato were Japanese war criminals.

John Brannon (center) stands with Hideki Tojo (left) and Kenryo Sato (right). John Brannon was a defense attorney who represented Admiral Osami Nagano, Admiral Shigetaro Shimada, Koichi Kido, and Shigenori Togo at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. Tojo and Sato were Japanese war criminals.

Hideki Tojo was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 17, 1941, to July 22, 1944. As Prime Minister, he was responsible for ordering the attack on Pearl Harbor, which initiated war between Japan and the United States, although planning for it had begun in April 1941, before he entered office.

John Brannon, center, was a defense attorney during the War Crimes Trials in Japan. Left, is General Hideki Tojo and right, General Kenryo Sato who were both charged with war crimes during World War II. The photo is inscribed across the lower right: "To Lt. Bernard C. [illegible] who helped put me in between these two guys."