Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Frank Hamilton Morrison, II Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG)
- Location of Service: Ann Arbor, Michigan; Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi; Philippines; Japan; Pacific Theater
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/93130
The end of the war brought a reckoning of the atrocities committed during it, and war crimes trials in Germany and Japan stood front and center in this process. A Captain in the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Office, Frank Hamilton Morrison II assisted in prosecuting war criminals accused of mistreating prisoners of war (POWs) in the Pacific Theater. The military papers included in his collection--trial reports, questionnaires given to former POWs to document their experiences, a statement from an accused war criminal--provide a glimpse into the administrative end of war crimes trials, and the vast amount of research and documentation that went into these trials. The photographs in Morrison's collection depict not only his time in the courtroom, but also his daily life while stationed in Tokyo, his travels through post-war Japan, and his interactions with Japanese civilians.
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Title
- Frank Hamilton Morrison, II Collection
Names
- Morrison II, Frank Hamilton
- Morrison, Margaret Ann
Headings
- - Morrison II, Frank Hamilton
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG)
- Location of Service: Ann Arbor, Michigan; Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi; Philippines; Japan; Pacific Theater
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Dates of Service: 1942-1950
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran served as an attorney on General MacArthur's lead prosecution team, investigating and prosecuting Japanese war criminals relating to the Bataan Death March, Cabanatuan prison camp, and the treatment of POWs (prisoners of war) in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Materials
- Manuscript: Civilian papers (certificates, forms, wills, etc) [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1951-1959)
- Manuscript: Clippings [38 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1946-1959)
- Manuscript: Correspondence [5 items] -- Handwritten document (collected 1945-1946)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [9 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1942-1946)
- Manuscript: Periodicals [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1946-03)
- Photograph: Original photographic print [166 items] -- Photograph (collected 1942-1946)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/93130
Cite as
- Frank Hamilton Morrison, II Collection (AFC/2001/001/93130), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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