Asa yamashita trial

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Yamashita evaded responsibility for the march. Marine Corps. At his side throughout the proceeding was Pratt, who was somewhat surprised to find himself involved in the historic event. Born in Los Angeles on Dec. On completion of the course he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 2nd Marine Division in San Diego. He raced back to San Diego to find his regiment under orders to deploy to Wake Island.

In response to an urgent need for interrogators and translators, Capt. Ferdinand Bishop was directed to start a Japanese language course in Samoa. Pratt and seven enlisted men completed it.

Shortly before the 1st and 2nd Marine divisions invaded Guadalcanal on August 7, Pratt was assigned as an assistant intelligence officer to the 8th Marine Regiment, which was sent to reinforce Guadalcanal in early November.

Thanks to his language skills, Pratt was soon transferred out of the line to 1st Marine Division headquarters, to assist in interrogating Japanese prisoners of war. Although few Japanese soldiers surrendered on Guadalcanal, among the POWs were downed aviators and survivors of sunken ships. On Jan. The next island operation took Pratt to Tarawa atoll, where he went ashore at Betio on November 21, the second day of the grueling four-day battle.

As the tide was out, the landing craft dropped him and his fellow Marines some yards from the beach. Shouldering his M1 carbine, Pratt balanced a box of Japanese dictionaries atop his helmet. As the men waded in, they came under enemy fire. Shrapnel struck Pratt in the left leg, but he managed to make it ashore. The Marines suffered 1, killed and 2, wounded on Tarawa.

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During the trial prosecutor Wayne Tashima called the assault on Yamashita a random attack. I think it was a very heinous crime that he committed," he said. But Fauatea's attorney, Barry Sooalo, again brought up his client's mental illness.

Trader denied the request. Asa Yamashita's sisters were in the courtroom. Her daughters were not there. Bryan Yamashita said offering Fauatea forgiveness is what his wife would have wanted. Trader asked Fauatea if he would like to say something for the court to consider? The judge said the murder was a tragedy beyond comprehension. He said the year-old Fauatea is a danger to the community.