1985 Press Photo Novelist John Hersey doing interview as research for book

Novelist John Hersey interviewed the widower of a Japanese woman while doing research for a book in 1957. Seated oriental fashion, novelist John Hersey interviewed the widower of Mrs. Naka Sakai in the Sakai home near the army firing range where Mrs. Sakai was shot. In covering the case of the woman's death and the American soldier charged with killing her, Hersey also attended court, talked with the soldier in the longest of his rare interviews and talked with attorneys, the woman's daughter and the soldier's Japanese wife.

Photo is dated 1985.

Photo measures 9.25 x 7 inches.