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General '''Tomoyuki Yamashita''' was a General of the [[Japanese]] Imperial Army in [[World War II]].  In December, 1941, he invaded Malaya (now part of [[Malaysia]]) with a force of 30,000 soldiers.  His soldiers forced the [[British]] to retreat to [[Singapore]] and, in February, 1942, he took the surrender of 130,000 [[British Empire]] soldiers in Singapore.  The defeat in Singapore caused great shock to the British leader [[Winston Churchill]].  After this notable victory, Yamashita became known as the "Tiger of Malaya".

'''Tomoyuki Yamashita''' was a [[general]] of the [[Japanese]] Imperial Army in [[World War II]].  In December, 1941, he invaded Malaya (now part of [[Malaysia]]) with a force of 30,000 soldiers.  His soldiers forced the [[British]] to retreat to [[Singapore]] and, in February, 1942, he took the surrender of 130,000 [[British Empire]] soldiers in Singapore.  The defeat in Singapore caused great shock to the British leader [[Winston Churchill]].  After this notable victory, Yamashita became known as the "Tiger of Malaya".

After the war in 1945 and 1946, Yamashita was tried for war crimes in [[Manila]], the [[Philippines]]. The [[United States Army photographer at the trial was [[Henry Langston McEachern]], later the long-term photo editor of ''The Shreveport Times'' in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14834923/henry-langston-mceachern|title=[[Henry Langston McEachern]]|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=November 26, 2018}}</ref>

After the war in 1945 and 1946, Yamashita was tried for war crimes in [[Manila]], the [[Philippines]]. The [[United States Army photographer at the trial was [[Henry Langston McEachern]], later the long-term photo editor of ''The Shreveport Times'' in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14834923/henry-langston-mceachern|title=[[Henry Langston McEachern]]|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=November 26, 2018}}</ref>