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Extracts from US Army handbook, on the requirement of obedience to superior orders, and the legitimate use of reprisal actions including hostage-taking and the destruction of property
NMT 9
Authors
Charles E. Cheever (Col., Judge Advocate Dept., Third U.S. Army)
Charles Cheever
Col. Judge Advocate General, Third U.S. Army during World War II; American lawyer and banker (1898-1985)
- Born: 1898-01-05 (Boston)
- Died: 1985-01-06
- Country of citizenship: United States of America
- Occupation: banker; lawyer
- Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: lawyer); Pohl Trial (role: lawyer)
- Military rank: colonel
- Military branch: Judge Advocate General's Corps
- Educated at: University of Texas School of Law (academic degree: Juris Doctor)
Date: Date Unknown
Literal Title: Excerpt from: Soldiers Handbook for The Rules of Land Warfare
Defendant: Eduard Strauch
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Exhibit Code: Strauch 19
Document Book No: Strauch 2
Defense Document No.: Strauch 19
Citation: NMT 9 (page 5664)
HLSL Item No.: 251117
Notes:The date of the text is not stated. This document was originally numbered 4 and then renumbered as 19. The prosecution objected to this document and reserved its right to refer to the whole text.