Alone in Somagahara.

Comments on the jurisdictional disputes surrounding the U.S. military detention of Sergeant William Girard, who fired an empty shell from a grenade launcher on May 16, 1957 towards a group of Japanese scavengers that hit and killed Naka Sakai. Provisions of the Status of Forces Treaty regarding the trial of American soldiers; Argument advanced by the Japanese government on the case; Critique of the Status of Forces Treaty.