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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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-131/

img Shrine in Nikko (ddr-densho-299-220)

Caption: "Shrine at Nikko"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-220/

img VIPs in staff cars stand for review (ddr-densho-299-170)

Caption: "Staff cars carrying VIPs to reviewing stand for review. Dai Ichi bldg in right background."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-170/

img Japanese forces signing the surrender treaty (ddr-densho-299-98)

Caption: "Russia is represented by General Derevyanko."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-98/

img Aerial view of the Daibutsuden (ddr-densho-299-213)

Caption: "Daibutsuden from an artillery spotter plane, a piper cub."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-213/

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

Caption: "Tanks to be destroyed."

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

img The Japanese Imperial Family (ddr-densho-299-171)

Caption: "Gathering of the Imperial family members for a meeting to determine their roles and status / under the new democratic government."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-171/

img Japanese forces signing the surrender treaty (ddr-densho-299-96)

Caption: "Aboard the USS Missouri, the victors and the vanquished sign the historic / surrender document."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-96/

img Crowd gathers to see General MacArthur (ddr-densho-299-146)

Caption: "Holiday crowd assembles to catch a glimpse of Gen. MacArthur the 'American Emperor.' / He was revered as such since the [sic] represented the powers which defeated Hirohito."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-146/

img View of trees and a tower in Nara (ddr-densho-299-211)

Caption: "View from enlisted man's R & R hotel in Nara."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-211/

img Performance of Tabasco (ddr-densho-299-207)

Caption: "Las Vegas style 'Tabasco' fit the bill, as far as the GI's were concerned, and played to / full crowds."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-207/

img Carmen from the opera of the same name (ddr-densho-299-205)

Caption: "'Carmen.' The allied forces wanted to encourage the theatre arts which they had before the / war so the opera company continued to give performances which later became open to the / public."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-205/

img Captured Japanese weapons (ddr-densho-299-100)

Caption: "As word of the surrender spreads, Japanese forces on the various Pacific [sic] isles / surrender to our troops and the mountain of captured weapons rises."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-100/

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.'"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-119/

img War medal (ddr-densho-299-191)

Photo of a war medal in presentation box.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-191/

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 woman dressed for a festival (ddr-densho-299-178)

Caption: "Young woman in festival kimono with wig and coat."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-178/

img Japanese troops training (ddr-densho-299-104)

Caption: "Recruits in training at the time of surrender."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-104/

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/