| Interviewee | GILL, William R. (b. 1920) |
| Professions | Agronomist |
| Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran, A Company, 389th Infantry Regiment, 98th Division |
| Interview ID # | OH 1328 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Agronomist. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II; also his experiences and role in the Pacific War Crimes Tribunal in postwar Japan. Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1943; assignment to the 98th Division and posting to Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, 1944; jungle warfare training on Kauai; his appointment as executive officer of A Company; amphibious training for the invasion of the Japanese home islands; occupation duty at Osaka, Japan; assignment to the Legal Section of the Pacific War Crimes Tribunal in Tokyo, Japan; his investigation of Japanese crimes against foreign nationals; his investigation of the Japanese use of Allied POWs for propaganda activities during the war; his investigation of the Japanese use of POWs as slave laborers; his investigation of murders of downed fliers by the Japanese; his investigation of atrocities committed by Japanese POW camp commandants; comments about "Tokyo Rose"; reassignment to the U.S. in 1948 and his later civilian career. |
| Interviewer(s) | William J. Alexander |
| Physical Description | 80 pp. plus documents (9 pp.) |
| Terms of Use | Open |
