ddr-densho-299 — Theodore Akimoto Family Collection — Objects

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img Koreans welcoming American troops (ddr-densho-299-108)

Caption: "In Korea, the populace await the arrival of American troops at the end of the war."

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img Japanese tanks (ddr-densho-299-109)

Caption: "Tanks to be destroyed."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-109/

img American troops guard the HQ in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-110)

Caption: "Our soldiers, all heavily armed, guard all entrances of our headquarters for / we do not know the mettle of a defeated populace."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-110/

img Japanese rickshaw driver and passenger (ddr-densho-299-111)

Caption: "The only vehicles seen in the streets were jeeps or command cars with an occasional motorcycle / engine driven tricycle cart. With no taxis most people would rely on rickshas [sic]. There were a few / streetcars and charcoal fueled buses."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-111/

img Japanese refugees row a boat through flooded streets (ddr-densho-299-112)

Caption: "Earthquakes and floods come so regularly that people don't seem to get too excited."

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img Japanese refugees making camp in a field (ddr-densho-299-113)

Caption: "We helped with tents and evacuation of larger pieces"

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img Japanese refugees paddle on makeshift raft through flooded village (ddr-densho-299-114)

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img Japanese villagers walk through the flooded streets of their hometown (ddr-densho-299-115)

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img Japanese men make fuel from charcoal (ddr-densho-299-116)

Caption: "With no gasoline available they devised a method of using charcoal to generate a gas sufficient to / power an engine. They would place the charcoal into large containers on the truck."

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img Japanese man fueling up a truck (ddr-densho-299-117)

Caption: "After a few minutes they would crank away and store enough gas to drive for a while."

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img View of Tokyo from the air (ddr-densho-299-118)

Caption: "Tokyo in 1946 as viewed from the air. Fire bombs were used extensively so many walls were left standing."

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img Allied troops land in Southern Japan (ddr-densho-299-119)

Caption: "In Southern Japan, troops who only a month previous thought they would be / storming these shores under heavy fire, land amidst the usual gripes and 'snafus.'"

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img Japanese civilians returning from Manchuria (ddr-densho-299-120)

Caption: "Civilians repatriated from Manchuria."

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img General MacArthur lands in Japan (ddr-densho-299-121)

Caption: "General MacArthur alights from a C-54 at Atsugi airfield, 20 miles out of Tokyo, / for his first glimpse at Japan."

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img Japanese people constructing shacks from rubble (ddr-densho-299-122)

Caption: "Amidst the rubble and ruin of Yokohama, people return to construct makeshift / shacks from the remains of what was once a factory."

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img Rubble left from fire bomb attacks (ddr-densho-299-123)

Caption: "The effectiveness of our fire bombs is evident everywhere, especially in the / industrial areas where a forest of smokestacks and concrete walls are all that stand."

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img Rickshaws and buses on the streets of Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-124)

Caption: "1946. The only transportation for the public, charcoal fueled buses and rickshas [sic]. Only other / vehicles on the streets of Tokyo, jeeps and other armed forces vehicles."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-124/

img Post-war Yokohama Harbor (ddr-densho-299-125)

Caption: "Yokohama Harbor in 1946. No large ships. Don't know where or if they had any left."

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img Surviving museum (ddr-densho-299-126)

Caption: "Museum survived fire bombs but interior completely destroyed."

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img View of destroyed city from a window (ddr-densho-299-127)

Caption: "Scene from living quarters of abandoned office building."

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img View of The Ginza District in Tokyo in 1946 (ddr-densho-299-128)

Caption: "The Ginza 1946"

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img View of the Ginza District in Tokyo in 1947 (ddr-densho-299-129)

Caption: "The Ginza 1947 / The Ginza in 1946 and a year later. Notice that the corner building has a Tokyo PX sign in / the 1947 photo. Also the lack of motor traffic except for GI vehicles in 1946."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-129/

img The remains of Hiroshima (ddr-densho-299-130)

Caption: "Hiroshima. One bomb. Unbelievable destruction. You could go into a building and by looking at the scorch marks on the walls, could tell exactly where the bomb went off."

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img Tokyo ruins (ddr-densho-299-131)

Caption: "Tokyo 1946 after a series of fire bombings. Concrete buildings were left intact so finding / quarters for occupation troops wasn't difficult."

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img Mitsubishi factory remains (ddr-densho-299-132)

Caption: "Remains of Mitsubishi aircraft factory in Yokohama after air raid"

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