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img Wounded Hideki Tojo in hospital (ddr-densho-299-145)

Caption: "Hideki Tojo 'the razor', realizing that his time was running short attempts to / 'save face' by suicide but his shot was not fatal."

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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 T. Seabald and William Draper headed to dinner held in Draper's honor (ddr-densho-299-169)

Caption: "Mr. T. Seabald, head of diplomatic section escorts Undersecretary of the Army William / Draper to Officer's Club for dinner given in his honor."

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img Tojo and two other men being tried for war crimes wait (ddr-densho-299-156)

Caption: "Tojo studies the charges he will have to face while while [sic] two other defendants play a / game of cards to while away the time."

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img Portrait of Walter C. Short (ddr-njpa-1-1914)

Caption on reverse: "Lieutenant General Walter C. Short commanding general of the Hawaiian department, headquarters, Fort Shafter, T.H. (Photo by Signal Corps, U.S. Army)."

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img Lt. Gen. Chu Shih-Ming during the XX day celebration (ddr-densho-299-172)

Caption: "Lt. Gen. Chu Shih-Ming at the XX day celebration at the Chinese Mission admires a / painting of General Chinag-Kai-Shek."

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img Eva Toguri D'Aquino a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose" is arrested (ddr-densho-299-153)

Caption: "'Tokyo Rose,' familiar to all GI's who fought in the South Pacific, is arrested but the reaction / of our men. Not of vengance but …… 'She sure did play some mighty nice music.' Eva Toguri D'Aquino, an American, was pardoned by President Gerald Ford in 1977."

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img Lake after a typhoon with mountain in the background (ddr-densho-299-224)

Caption: "The morning after a typhoon. The fisherman was bailing out his boat and ruining the reflection. He finally / understood and sat quietly so I could take this photo without ripples."

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img 1st Cavalry Division parade (ddr-densho-299-139)

Caption: "Major General Chase, Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division parades / at the head of his troops and the sign made especially for the occasion." The sign reads: "1st Cav. Div. / First in Tokyo."

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img Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-199)

Caption: "Frank Lloyd Wright's famous earthquake proof Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. Only for colonels and / higher ranks."

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img Clark L. Ruffner (ddr-njpa-1-1366)

Caption on reverse: "Brig. Gen. Clark L. Ruffner, deputy chief of staff for operations on the staff of Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, Jr., commanding general of army troops in the Central Pacific area, is shown in a picture taken just after his promotion from the rank of colonel. Gen. Ruffner served with several cavalry units …

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img A mother reading to her children (ddr-densho-299-25)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-1577. 6 March 48 / Stars & Stripes feature story on Signal Corps photographer: / A Japanese mother and her WWO children / sit around the charcoal burner in their / home located in Nakajuju, Kitaku, Tokyo, / Japan, as the mother reads to the / girls from a Japanese children's book. / …

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img Emperor Hirohito in his rail car (ddr-densho-299-192)

Caption: "Emperor Hirohito in his imperial rail car. The first time he took a trip out of Tokyo by rail. The / time I made the muddy tracks on the Imperial red carpet."

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img Emperor Hirohito opening sessions of the Japanese Diet following the war (ddr-densho-299-173)

Two pictures. Caption for top right: "Emperor Hirohito opens the fifth / Diet session. Note change in / apparel.." Caption for lower left: "The emperor opens the first session of the Diet after the war."

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img Emperorr Hirohito talks with a young boy (ddr-densho-299-165)

Caption: "Emperor Hirohito chats with a common child. Unheard of before the war."

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img Emperor Hirohito walks down the streets of Japan (ddr-densho-299-164)

Caption: "The first time Emperor Hirohito walked among the common people. Note the various / expressions."

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img Shumei Okawa being redressed by a guard after partially disrobing during the trials (ddr-densho-299-160)

Caption: "Insane (?) Shumei Okawa has his shirt buttoned by a guard after he partially / disrobed. Shortly thereafter he slapped Tojo on his bald plate causing much / hilarity in an otherwise somber arraignment [sic] proceedings."

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img Cardinal Spellman and General MacArthur (ddr-densho-299-201)

Caption: "Cardinal Spellman, one of the few to be personally met by General MacArthur."

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img Rubble of prefecture in Fukui, Japan (ddr-densho-299-45)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5485. 29 June 48 / Quake leaves Fukui prefecture in ruins: / A signal corps cameraman records the / devastating effects of the quake which / struck on June 28th, 1948, and left / the prefecture of Fukui in ruins. / The quake which left thousands upon / thousands homeless struck without warning. …

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img Farmers weeding potato fields (ddr-densho-299-10)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-6063. 17 July 48 / Crop collection report: / In Japan, as is shown in this picture / taken in the Urawa area, Saitama / Prefecture, farmers weed their / potatoes by hand. / Photographer - Calmus / Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps."

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img General MacArthur and Emporer Hirohito (ddr-densho-299-152)

Caption: "The first meeting of Emperor Hirohito and Gen. MacArthur. Held in MacArthur's / office in the Dai Ichi building. Notice the difference in attire."

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img Allied officers stand at attention (ddr-densho-299-185)

Officers seeming to prepare to give some sort of speech. Appear to be General Eichelberger and General Eisenhower among them.

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img Workfloor of a factory showing the following writing on the wall: "Do Your Best! For the New Nippon Revival" (ddr-densho-299-37)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-47-75959. 17 June 47 / E.S.S. project: / Sign in the Hitachi Seiko Kaish- / a Ltd. machine tool plant, Chiba / Prefecture, Tokyo, Japan. This / factory is not currently slated for / reparations. / Photographer - Kondis / Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps."

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img Generals Eisenhower and Eichelberger (ddr-densho-299-186)

Two photos. Caption: "General Eisenhower and General Eichelberger Commanding General 8th Army" Hand written note: "Photos I took / of the top / generals."

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img A woman shopping at a neighborhood ration store (ddr-densho-299-18)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-3065. 23 April 1948 / Living standards in Japan: / This photograph of a Japanese woman / shopper is to be used in a S & S / feather story on the living standards throughout Japan. Mrs. K. Haru shops / for food in her neighborhood ration / store in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. …

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