Hello and welcome to another episode of the World War II podcast I'm Angus Wallace

the skill and bravery of the do little raiders who bombed Tokyo in 1942

captured the American public's imagination, but in all the crews came back.

Eight US Flyers became Japanese prisoners of war who were tortured, put on trial for war crimes and found guilty.

Not all of these men would make it home.

So in this episode, we're not going to be talking about the do little raid per se,

but rather focus on the post-war war crimes trial of a number of the Japanese officers

who were connected with the treatment of the do little flyers that became prisoners of war.

Joining me is Mitchell Parodies,

author of Last Mission to Tokyo.

Mitchell is a specialist in international law

and human rights and has worked for over a decade with the US Department

of Defence.

He is also a lecturer at Columbia Law School.

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