Oral History Interview with John Rich, October 12, 1996

• Main Authors: Alexander, William J., Rich, John, 1917-
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 1996
• Subjects: Oral histories; Interviews; Personal narratives; biographies; World War II; WWII; Japanese language interpreters; prisoners of war; United States. Marine Corps > History > World War; 1939-1945; International Military Tribunal for the Far East; Tokyo Trial; Tokyo; Japan; 1946-1948; Roosevelt; Franklin D. (Franklin Delano); 1882-1945; Churchill; Winston; 1874-1965; Rich; John; 1917-; Pacific; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857754/

Transcript of an interview with John Rich, journalist and Marine Corps veteran (4th Marine Division), concerning his experiences as a Japanese language interpreter/interrogator in the Pacific Theater during World War II and his observations as a journalist while covering the proceedings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Rich discusses his pre-war career in journalism; U.S. Navy Japanese Language School, University of Colorado, 1942-43; assignment to the 4th Marine Division, 1943; Roi-Namur and Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 1944; interrogation of Japanese prisoners-of-war; Saipan and Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1944; Iwo Jima, 1945; coverage of the Tokyo war crimes trials for International News Service, 1946; reminiscences about covering Franklin D. Roosevelt's meeting with the press after the Atlantic Conference with Winston Churchill off Argentia, Newfoundland, August 10-15, 1941.