| Interviewee | BRADLEY, J. D. (b. 1927) |
| Professions | Postmaster |
| Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 720th Military Police Battalion |
| Interview ID # | OH 1502 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Postmater. His experiences and observations as a guard during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo after World War II. Enlistment in the Army, October 3, 1946; basic training, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1946; voyage across the Pacific to Japan, February, 1947; stopovers at Oahu and Guam; assignment to the 720th MP Battalion at the Imperial War Ministry Building in Tokyo, March, 1947; rules and regulations for MP guards; guard duty in the court docks during the tribunal; comments about the defendants; steps taken to prevent suicides among the prisoners; his physical description of the interior of the courtroom in the War Ministry Building; checks for hidden weapons in the courtroom; courtroom procedures; his experiences in guarding Hideki Tojo; his description of various security procedures; comments about the Allied judges; steps taken to impress the Japanese people; description of living quarters and conditions at the War Ministry Building; relations with Japanese civilians; black market activities; his relationship with a Japanese correspondent and trading cigarettes for photographs of the proceedings; his description of Sugamo Prison; comments about his commanding officer, Lt. Col. Aubrey S. Kenworthy. |
| Interviewer(s) | Christopher N. Koontz |
| Physical Description | 104 pp. plus documents (8 pp.) |
| Terms of Use | Open |
