War crime trials

Kenryo Sato, a Japanese war criminal, sits in the courtroom listening in on the International Military Tribunal of the Far East in Tokyo, Japan. A military police officer stands by his side. Others are unidentified.

An unidentified group of defense attorneys stand outside the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. They were a part of the International Military Tribunal of the Far East sign.

John Brannon stands at the lectern in the courtroom before the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. Brannon was a defense attorney who represented Japanese war criminals at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. Others are unidentified.

William Logan of New York City of the defense counsel stands at the lectern of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. He was reading the individual summation for the defendant Koichi Kido. Handwritten on the photo (on the paper flipped over the lectern): "To my friend & colleague John Brannon - Bill Logan."

Members of the Japanese defense counsel sit around a table. John Brannon is fourth from right. Elaine Fischel, a legal secretary, is third from right. The man fifth from the right is Kichisaburo Nomura. John Brannon was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, Japan. Others are unidentified.

Members of the Japanese defense counsel sit around a table. John Brannon is fourth from right. Elaine Fischel, a legal secretary, is third from right. The man fifth from the right is Kichisaburo Nomura. John Brannon was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, Japan. Others are unidentified.

John Brannon, second from left, sits with members of the Japanese defense counsel. John Brannon was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, Japan. Names inscribed on photo are hard to read.

John Brannon stands at a lectern in an empty courtroom. Brannon was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, Japan.

Defense Attorneys of the International Military Tribunal of the Far East gather on the front steps of a building in Tokyo, Japan. John Brannon is third from the right in the front row. All others are unidentified.

Major General Myron C. Cramer (left), representative of the United States at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East, consults with his legal advisor, Lieutenant Colonel William E. Kuder, in the General's office in the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan.