~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~

Photo A0249: Personnel from the 720th MP Battalion Headquarters & Service Command, General Headquarters, Far East Command Military Tribunal Guard Unit and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department stand guard outside the courtroom at the Central Police Station, Tokyo, Japan during the trial of 18 espionage agents on 23 May 1951. From right to left: CPL’s Paul Dorefs (Engadine, MI) and Cecil Murgado (Tampa, FL); Police Officer’s Ichiziro Yosezawa and Yoshiko Ewamoto (Tokyo, Japan); in the back, PFC Kenneth Kingsley (Minot, ND). The suspects were being tried by the International Provost Court for espionage against the American Occupation. Official U.S. Army Photograph.

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