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Nichols Field, Manila as Members of the Japanese Delegation Arrive

2014-3333
Accession Number
2014-3333
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 348666419
Related Collection
Long, Westray Battle Boyce Papers
Keywords
Airplanes, Military
Airports
Armed forces officers
World War, 1939-1945
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U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
The sixteen members of the Japanese delegation disembarking from a C-54 transport plan after a flight from Ie Shima to Nichols Field, Manila, Philippines. They are greeted by Major General Charles A. Willoughby from General Douglas MacArthur's staff. They came to Manila to negotiate the Japanese Surrender Agreement. This photograph was given to Colonel Westray B. Boyce during her tour of the Pacific Theatre during the Fall of 1945.
Date(s)
August 19, 1945