MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-12. AFTER HEARING THE SENTENCE AND ...

MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-12. AFTER HEARING THE SENTENCE AND BEING ASKED IF HE HAD ANYTHING TO SAY, REAR ADMIRAL HAMANAKA, EVIDENTLY GRAVELY AGITATED, DELIVERED A LONG TIRADE FOR THE MITIGATION OF HIS SENTENCE. ALMOST SHOUTING, HE CONCLUDED, "THE SENTENCE WOULD APPEAR TO BE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST ME AND AGAINST JAPAN". HAMANAKA WAS FOUND GUILTY BY THE WAR CRIMINALS TRIAL COURT OF HAVING ORDERED THE EXECUTION OF ONE RAAF AIRMAN AND A MEMBER OF THE RAN ON 1945-06-19 NEAR MENADO, NORTHERN CELEBES. BARON TAKASAKI WHO WAS CHARGED WITH HIM WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY. HAMANAKA DELIVERING HIS SPEECH, HAD TO BE CALLED TO ORDER BY THE COURT.