William Webb (judge)
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Sir William Flood Webb was an Australian lawyer. He was the Chief Justice of Queensland and a judge of Australia's Federal Supreme Court, the High Court of Australia. He was appointed President of the
Webb in 1940, as Chief Justice of Queensland
Webb presiding over the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in 1946.
Douglas MacArthur
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Douglas MacArthur was an American general. He served with distinction in World War I; as chief of staff of the United States Army from 1930 to 1935; as Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area, from
William Webb (judge)
…Federal Supreme Court, the High Court of Australia. He was appointed President of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East by General Douglas MacArthur, commonly known as the Tokyo trial, after the end of World War II. William Flood Webb was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 21 January 1887. He was…
MacArthur in 1945
MacArthur as a student at West Texas Military Academy in the late 1890s
MacArthur was an engineer for the first 14 years of his military career. He received these golden castle pins as a gift upon graduation. He carried these pins with him for over 40 years and in 1945 gave them to Major General Leif J. Sverdrup, whom he thought more deserving to wear them. Sverdrup gave them to the Chief of Engineers in 1975. Every Chief of Engineers since then has worn MacArthur's pins.
Brigadier General MacArthur holding a riding crop at a French château, September 1918