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Japanese Surrender Delegates 5
"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…

Japanese Surrender Delegates 4
Written on envelope: "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"

Japanese Surrender Delegates 3
Written on envelope: "Japanese preliminary envoy members - (from the 2 'Betty' bombers) climbing aboard a C-54 for the long flight from Ie Shima to Manila"

Japanese Surrender Delegates 2
Written on envelope: "Japanese preliminary envoy members - (from the 2 'Betty' bombers) climbing aboard a C-54 for the long flight from Ie Shima to Manila"

Japanese Surrender Delegates 1
Written on envelope: "The Japanese delegates face US officers - under wing of Transport Command C-54 prior to departing for Manila

Corregidor, Malinta Tunnel
"Infantryman with mouth of Malinta Tunnel in distance - Signal Corps Photo - International News wire Photo - Source: Caffrey Dugas"

Corregidor, American Flag
"American Flag - attached to highest pole left on Corregidor by Feb 24 1945 - first time in 2 1/2 years. Pfc Clyde Bates of Evanston, Wisconsin and T5 Frank Arrige of East Chicago. Men were under sniper fire at the time. Signal Corps photo - Source -…

Two military officers look over a field of artillery.  Smoke and destroyed buildings are in the background, likely from a recent battle.
"Maj Gen Marquat and Col. George Jones -observe artillery action on Corregidor - from Lantern slide - Bob Flynn, 503rd historian - Signal Corps original"

Aerial, Corregidor Paratrooper
"Shows Paratrooper leaving plane (taken from inside of plane) over building skeletons" "Bombed out buildings on Corregidor - Not sharp, from Lantern slide supplied by Bob Flynn, 503rd historian - Shows a paratrooper leaving the airplane. Signal Corps…

A paratrooper is just a foot off the ground and landing in his parachute.  Multiple other soldiers are nearby on the ground with their chutes still attached, probably having just landed.
"503rd Paratrooper landing - 'Chute still inflated - Signal Corps Photo - from Lantern slide from Bob Flynn - 503rd historian"
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