Post by Karl Welteke on Jul 24, 2017 15:23:27 GMT 8
Gen. Yamashita and Japanese Swords.
2nd of 2 segments.
I came across a webpage that does custom Sword restoration, this is the URL:
www.japanese-swords.com/index.htm
This is a subpage and has mostly Gen Yamashita pictures. The owner of the web pages is Fred Lohman and I asked for permission to use them in our forum. He said yes and added they are in the public domain anyway. This is the URL of his WWII Gallery:
www.japanese-swords.com/pages/russ.htm
Mr Fred Lohman says:
Most of the below photos were given to me a number of years ago by retired Captain Morris B. Haskell who also sold his swords to me.
He told me that he felt very fortunate to have been at the point of surrender to take photos (the 2nd & 3rd photo below) of the 'Tiger of Malaya' and his staff.
Here are the last 5 of his pictures, the image description are exact copies of the above web page. I am presenting this it in 2 segments:
Za011. General Yamashita and a number of his staff at the point of surrender. It was in Kiangan, Ifugao in the Cordilleras. Courtesy of Fred Lohman-https://www.japanese-swords.com/index.htm
Za012. Another view of Yamashita's staff at the point of surrender. Courtesy of Fred Lohman-https://www.japanese-swords.com/index.htm
Za013. Another view of Yamashita's staff at the point of surrender. (Yamashita's arm is barely visible at the far right side of the photo). Courtesy of Fred Lohman-https://www.japanese-swords.com/index.htm
Za014. Yamashita with his appointed (U.S. Army) attorney and later being sworn in at his trial. Courtesy of Fred Lohman-https://www.japanese-swords.com/index.htm
Z015. As he was the senior officer in The Philippines, in spite of the fact that he and his Army troops actually gave up fighting and were up in the hills of Northern Luzon, it was determined at his trial that he was fully responsible for the war crimes committed by die-hard Japanese naval forces in Manila during the closing days of the war and, he was subsequently hung. Courtesy of Fred Lohman-https://www.japanese-swords.com/index.htm
2nd of 2 segments.
I came across a webpage that does custom Sword restoration, this is the URL:
www.japanese-swords.com/index.htm
This is a subpage and has mostly Gen Yamashita pictures. The owner of the web pages is Fred Lohman and I asked for permission to use them in our forum. He said yes and added they are in the public domain anyway. This is the URL of his WWII Gallery:
www.japanese-swords.com/pages/russ.htm
Mr Fred Lohman says:
Most of the below photos were given to me a number of years ago by retired Captain Morris B. Haskell who also sold his swords to me.
He told me that he felt very fortunate to have been at the point of surrender to take photos (the 2nd & 3rd photo below) of the 'Tiger of Malaya' and his staff.
Here are the last 5 of his pictures, the image description are exact copies of the above web page. I am presenting this it in 2 segments:
Za011. General Yamashita and a number of his staff at the point of surrender. It was in Kiangan, Ifugao in the Cordilleras. Courtesy of Fred Lohman-https://www.japanese-swords.com/index.htm
Za012. Another view of Yamashita's staff at the point of surrender. Courtesy of Fred Lohman-https://www.japanese-swords.com/index.htm
Za013. Another view of Yamashita's staff at the point of surrender. (Yamashita's arm is barely visible at the far right side of the photo). Courtesy of Fred Lohman-https://www.japanese-swords.com/index.htm
Za014. Yamashita with his appointed (U.S. Army) attorney and later being sworn in at his trial. Courtesy of Fred Lohman-https://www.japanese-swords.com/index.htm
Z015. As he was the senior officer in The Philippines, in spite of the fact that he and his Army troops actually gave up fighting and were up in the hills of Northern Luzon, it was determined at his trial that he was fully responsible for the war crimes committed by die-hard Japanese naval forces in Manila during the closing days of the war and, he was subsequently hung. Courtesy of Fred Lohman-https://www.japanese-swords.com/index.htm
