Japanese Surrender Delegates 5
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"Japanese delegates transferring to US C-54 for trip on to Manila - No steps were available for C-54's on Ie Shima. Not a deliberate insult! From "Darkroom Soldier": "Awkward Climb to Peace. The airstrip at Ie Shima was not equipped to accommodate loading passengers in an Air Force Douglas C-54 four-engine transport, the plane in which the peace envoys would fly to Manila. After about fifteen minutes of incomprehensible discourse on the ground, the sixteen emissaries led by Lt Gen Torashiro Kawabe ascended an improvised boarding ladder -- an unintentional indignity. Two days later, the delegation returned to Ie Shima with the details worked out for the September 2 signing of surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Signal Corps
8/20/1945
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Japanese Surrender Delegates 4
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"Japanese preliminary peace delegation boarding US C-54 for long flight to Manila. Ie Shima air strips were not equipped to handle C-54's and no boarding steps were available. The ladder was the best available"
Signal Corps
8/20/1945
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2010.1.808
Japanese Surrender Delegates 3
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"Japanese preliminary envoy members - (from the 2 'Betty' bombers) climbing aboard a C-54 for the long flight from Ie Shima to Manila"
Signal Corps
8/20/1945
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2010.1.807
Japanese Surrender Delegates 2
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"Japanese preliminary envoy members - (from the 2 'Betty' bombers) climbing aboard a C-54 for the long flight from Ie Shima to Manila"
Signal Corps
8/20/1945
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2010.1.806
Japanese Surrender Delegates 1
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"The Japanese delegates face US officers - under wing of Transport Command C-54 prior to departing for Manila
Signal Corps
8/20/1945
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2010.1.804
Japanese Betty Bombers 25
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"Jap Betty bomber taxiing"
Hill, Fred
8/19/1945
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2010.1.1603
Japanese Betty Bombers 24
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"Jap Betty Bomber Crew being photographed by 2 photographers taken by Dick Baxter, the third photographer, on Ie Shima while Jap diplomats were in Manila - 17th Tact Recon Sqdn" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Mitsubishi and Crew. Under a hot noon sun, Military Police (right) guard one of the surrender planes as a photographer (left) crouches to record the crew of the parked Mitsubishi Bomber (G6MIL2). After landing, Japanese pilots and mechanics inspected their planes for engine problems. Hill's fellow soldier observed that 'They are well-dressed, neat, and clean, and their attitude would make one think that they had won the war rather than lost it.' As they worked on their planes, 'they paid very little attention to the horde of [American] men eagerly stretching to get a glimpse of them.' These pilots and mechanics stayed on Ie Shima until the envoys returned from Manila two days later. Eventually, mechanical problems with both planes would lead to delays, repairs, and a ditching in the sea en route to Tokyo." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Baxter, Dick
8/19/1945
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2010.1.805
Japanese Betty Bombers 23
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"Oblique view over barbed wire fence - of one of the Jap Betty's. Mechanic standing on chair to reach engine nacelle - Aug 19 & 20 1945"
Hill, Fred
8/19/1945
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2010.1.803
Japanese Betty Bombers 22
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"3/4 rear view of Jap Betty Bomber behind barbed wire enclosure - US MP stands guard. Good showing of the Green Cross Marks"
Hill, Fred
8/19/1945
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2010.1.802
Japanese Betty Bombers 21
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"Side view of one of the two Betty Bombers"
Hill, Fred
8/19/1945
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2010.1.801