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img Ted Akimoto with other soldiers (ddr-densho-299-240)

On the reverse there is a stamp from the U.S. Army Signal Corps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-240/

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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-117/

img Troops coming home from China and Manchuria (ddr-densho-299-102)

Caption: "Troops returning from service in China and Manchuria."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-102/

img Young Japanese women showing the different styles of clothing worn (ddr-densho-299-180)

Caption: "By the end of the war, almost all working women wore the mompei shown at the right. / Then on festival days, women began appearing in the traditional kimono without the wig. / Then as dependents began arriving, more and more women began appearing in western / style clothing as the PX began to carry …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-180/

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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-123/

img American photographer filming a speech made by an officer (ddr-densho-299-150)

Caption: "We also had to take newsreels and remember what was said or happened as there was no sound cameras. / When the film were developed in the states a narrator would use our noted and explain what was happening."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-150/

img Scenic view with mountain in the background (ddr-densho-299-210)

Caption: "Scenic view on the road to Nikko."

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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 Japanese roadway (ddr-densho-299-136)

Picture of a road that runs parallel to a river with some traffic on it.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-136/

img Forrested road to Nikko (ddr-densho-299-217)

Caption: "On the road to Nikko"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-217/

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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-108/

img Firefighter demonstration in Tokyo with new equipment (ddr-densho-299-168)

Caption: "Thrilled with gifts of modern firefighting equipment, firefighters give a demonstration to / the populace of downtown Tokyo."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-168/

img Farmers learning about the land reform laws (ddr-densho-299-194)

Caption: "Farmers at a meeting where they learn about the land reform laws which were enacted for / their benefit."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-194/

img Eruption of Mount Aso (ddr-densho-299-174)

Caption: "Mount Aso erupts and we get to use General MacArthur's plane to photograph it."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-174/

img Japanese political demonstrations (ddr-densho-299-137)

Caption: "On May 1st demonstrations re permitted as a sign that democracy is at work."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-137/

img Monk calling others to prayer (ddr-densho-299-223)

Caption: "Centuries of calling monks to prayer have worn a groove in the fish."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-223/

img Aerial view of a large crowd gathered in the streets (ddr-densho-299-151)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-151/

img Japanese farmer with his ox working in the fields (ddr-densho-299-177)

Caption: "Oxen are ideal for work in the muddy fields."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-177/

img Japanese woman dressed for a festival (ddr-densho-299-179)

Caption: "Festival kimono but no wig."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-179/

img Judges of the Tokyo war crimes trials (ddr-densho-299-162)

Caption: "Judges representing the many allied powers listen to the attorneys for the prosecution / and defense."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-162/

img Showing of Tannhauser to promote culture and the arts (ddr-densho-299-203)

Caption: "Somehow, sung in Japanese 'a lot seemed to be lost in translation' as a friend said. They also / presented Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticanaand Carmen."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-203/

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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-130/