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Enter the American Shogun: General Douglas MacArthur leaves his Douglas C-54 to step onto Japanese soil at Atsugi Airport, Japan. August 30, 1945.
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General Jonathan Wainwright dining at New Grand Hotel, Yokohama, Japan, 30 August 1945.
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An Allied prisoner of war lies weakly on his cot, almost reduced to a bundle of bones by ill-treatment at the hands of the Japanese. Photographed upon the arrival of a U.S. Navy rescue team at the Aomori prison camp, near Yokohama, Japan, 29–30 August 1945. Note attendant's Japanese-style cap with U.S. Navy hospital corpsman insignia.
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USS Reeves (APD-52) commander (right) LCDR. Park A. Dallis Jr. USNR with recently liberated Major Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington USMC, Commanding Officer of "Black Sheep Squadron" Marine Fighting Squadron (VMF-214) (left) and CDR. Richard H. O'Kane USS Tang (SS-306) (center), 30 August 1945, the day after the two men were liberated from the Omori POW camp in Tokyo.
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U.S. Navy modified Atlanta-class light cruiser USS San Diego (CL-53) at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 30 August 1945.
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Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat D10 of VF-40 launches from the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Suwanee (CVE-27), August 30, 1945
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North American XP-82 Twin Mustang, 30 August 1945
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Aboard U.S. Navy hospital ship USS Benevolence (AH-13), released prisoner of war Alfred Sorenson, U.S. Army, contemplates a full meal in one of the hospital ship's wards, 30 August 1945. Navy Nurse Lieutenant (j.g.) Asplan is assisting. Sorenson had been captured at Corregidor on 6 May 1942. He was rescued from a POW camp in the Tokyo area.
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They were beautifully designed.
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A-20J Havoc 43-9639 #18 47th BG named Princess Ruthie . Looks like a belly landing. Look at the props.
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U.S. Navy Lockheed PV-1 Ventura patrol aircraft over Mokapu Point, Oahu, U.S. Territory of Hawaii, 31 August 1945.
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Japanese merchant pilot Lieutenant H. Nomura aboard U.S. Navy battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) to help with the navigation of Tokyo Bay, Japan, 31 August 1945.
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Actor Jimmy Stewart, center, home from World War II, tells his parents, Alexander and Elizabeth Stewart of Indiana, Pa., about some of his experiences, as they sit in the St. Regis Hotel in New York, August 31, 1945.
Jimmy was a B-24 pilot and continued his flying career as a reserve officer in the USAF.
Jimmy was a B-24 pilot and continued his flying career as a reserve officer in the USAF.
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So much respect for him, he could have stayed out yet went into combat.
Nice shots!
