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80-G-490358: Surrender of Japan, August-September 1945

80-G-490358:  Surrender of Japan, August-September 1945.  High ranking officers of the U.S. Army face Japanese envoys to General Douglas A. MacArthur, under the wing of a giant C-54 waiting on Ie Shima to take the enemy dignitaries to Manila for conferences with the Allied Commander-in-Chief.  The Japanese landed at the island in distinctly marked planes (Red Crosses) and transferred to the transport for the last leg of their journey.  Photograph released August 19, 1945.  Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.  (2015/11/10).
Caption: Surrender of Japan, August-September 1945. High ranking officers of the U.S. Army face Japanese envoys to General Douglas A. MacArthur, under the wing of a giant C-54 waiting on Ie Shima to take the enemy dignitaries to Manila for conferences with the Allied Commander-in-Chief. The Japanese landed at the island in distinctly marked planes (Red Crosses) and transferred to the transport for the last leg of their journey. Photograph released August 19, 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/10).
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  • World War II 1939-1945
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