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Katayama on oath said he had reason to believe that the airmen had been legally tried by temporary court martial. There was evidence in fact, that there had been no court martial held. 

Katayama - father was a missionary - an earnest Christian - attended church in Ambon during the war - contributed his own money to the church. Family almost wiped out in Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima - young wife and child dependent on him.  JAG recommends that the sentence should not be confirmed.