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Lieutenant General Kawabe Torashiro Presents His Credentials to Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland

Japanese Lieutenant General Kawabe Torashiro, Vice Chief of the General Staff and head of the Japanese Surrender Delegation, presents his credentials from Emperor Hirohito to Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland, Chief of Staff to General Douglas MacArthur. The other man is unidentified. The exchange took place in Manila, Philippines, in preparation for negotiations of the terms of the Japanese surrender. The photograph was given to Colonel Westray B. Boyce during her tour of the Pacific Theatre in the Fall of 1945.