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These are vignettes from a program hosted by Oliver North entitled "War Stories" relating to the Tokyo Trial and the Yamashita Trial. The featured prosecutor was Robert Donihi who was part of Joseph Keenan's team at Tokyo. Mr. Donihi was a featured guest at the Robert H. Jackson Center during the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trial. For further information, see www.roberthjackson.org

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From Oct. 29, 1945 through Dec. 7, 1945, A war crimes trial was held concerning the alleged war crimes of Tomyuki Yamashita, a general in the Japanese Imperial Army. Yamashita was also known as the Tiger of Malaya. He was convicted and executed on Feb. 23, 1946. For further information, see www.roberthjackson.org

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In this 2002 interview, Henry T. King, Jr., former Nuremberg prosecutor, describes the defendants of the International Military Tribunal held in Nuremberg, Germany (1945-46). The chief american prosecutor of the Trial was Robert H. Jackson. For further information, see www.roberthjackson.org. Copyright 2009 Robert h. Jackson Center.

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In September 1940, the US Congress passed and President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the resumption of compulsory military service. During the next six weeks, men were required to register, they received draft numbers and the government prepared to conduct a selective service lottery. On October 29, 1940, President Roosevelt, Cabinet officers, Members of Congress and a crowd of more than one thousand people assembled in the Interdepartmental Auditorium on Constitution Avenue in ...

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On Oct. 30, 2004, Karen Livsey, an historian from the Fenton History Center, presented a brief biographical sketch on Reuben Fenton, a native of Jamestown NY, who variously became a Congressman, Governor of NY and US Senator. His life coincided with Alonzo Kent, the builder of the Kent Mansion (now Robert H. Jackson Center). For further information, see www.roberthjackson.org

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Karen Livsey, Historian form the Fenton Histoery Center in Jamestown NY, described the Alonzo Kent family and the history of the Kent Mansion located on the corer of 4th Street and Prendergast Avenue in Jamestown NY. The Kent Mansion is now the Robert H. Jackson Center. For further information, see www.roberthjackson.org

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Karen Livsey on Oct. 30, 2004 spoke at the Robert H. Jackson Center on the history of Alonzo Kent, the builder of the Kent Mansion which became the Robert H. Jackson Center in April of 2001. For further information, see www.roberthjackson.org.

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Eli Rosenbaum, the general counsel for the Department of Justice's Office of Special Investigations, participated at the annual Robert H. Jackson Society dinner on Aug. 5, 2009 held at the Robert H. Jackson Center Jamestown NY. For further information, see www.roberthjackson.org

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Gabriel Bach, a distinguished jurist of the Supreme Court of Israel and a co-prosecutor of Adolf Eichmann, participated at the annual Robert H. Jackson Society dinner held Aug. 5, 2009 at the Robert H. Jackson Center Jamestown NY. For further information, see www.roberthjackson.org

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The annual Robert H. Jackson Society dinner was held at the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown NY on Aug. 5, 2009. Among the distinguished speakers was Dr. Donald Palmisano, past President of the American Medical Association who spoke on the concept of informed consent and its origins from the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial. For further information, see www.roberthjackson.org.

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