| Interviewee | NEWTON, Davis Porter (b. 1915) |
| Professions | Attorney |
| Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 346th Harbor Craft Company |
| Interview ID # | OH 1365 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Attorney. His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II; also his experiences as a prosecuting attorney of Class C war criminals for International Military Tribunal for the Far East after World War II. Assignment to New Guinea, 1944, and legal work there; assignment to an Army tugboat and operations around Mindinao, Philippines, 1944-45; assignment to War Crimes Commission, 1945; prosecution of Japanese personnel who served at the Ofuna prisoner-of-war interrogation center; description of Japanese atrocities; obtaining ex parte statements from former prisoners-of-war. |
| Interviewer(s) | William J. Alexander |
| Physical Description | 40 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
