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

img General MacArthur receiving doctorate degree (ddr-densho-299-133)

Caption: "General MacArthur receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Manila."

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img View of Mt. Fuji from an airplane (ddr-densho-299-134)

Caption: "Mt. Fuji looms over the clouds as we make our return from the eruption of Mt Aso."

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img The Dai Ichi building (ddr-densho-299-135)

Caption: "The Dai Ichi building, one of the few buildings which withstood the firebombing / becomes headquarters of SCAP General Douglas MacArthur."

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img Japanese roadway (ddr-densho-299-136)

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

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

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

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img Japanese political demonstrations (ddr-densho-299-138)

Caption: "For the first time the populace was allowed to hold demonstrations. Notice that traffic in Japan is on the left side. All the vehicles are GI vehicles. The sedans are staff cars."

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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 American GIs help guard the Imperial Palace grounds (ddr-densho-299-140)

Caption: "To prevent the curious and those with dreams of loot from entering the palace / grounds, our troops bolster the forces of the tiny policemen of Japan."

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img Emperor Hirohito announcing the surrender of Japan (ddr-densho-299-141)

Caption: "As the dreams of conquest vanish with the A-bomb destruction of Hiroshima and / Nagasaki, Emperor Hirohito, sovereign of Japan, wearing his uniform for the last / time, goes forth to announce the bitter news of 'surrender.' / This photo and next page were confiscated from Japanese newspaper files."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-141/

img Japanese civilians apologizing for the shame of surrender (ddr-densho-299-142)

Caption: "At the news of surrender, many people gather in front of the Imperial Palace grounds to / apologize to the emperor and some commit hara kiri." Photo confiscated from Japanese newspaper files.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-142/

img View of the street where the Allied Power's HQ was located (ddr-densho-299-143)

Caption: "General MacArthur, Supreme Commander Allied Power's headquarters is the first building on right."

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img Ted Akimoto taking a photograph (ddr-densho-299-144)

Caption: "Our cameras were bulky 4x5 Speed Graphics. Nothing was automatic. You took a wood film holder / which held one piece of film on each side, placed it in the back, pulled out a slide, put in a flash bulb, / figured out your exposure and cocked the shutter, set the f stop, focused and …

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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 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."

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img Ruins from explosion (ddr-densho-299-147)

Caption: "One mile from the epicenter of the blast. Notice smokestacks still standing. / Circular objects must divert blast forces better than flat surfaces."

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img Ted Akimoto and a woman look at pieces of rubble from blast (ddr-densho-299-148)

First two words of caption are partially covered. May refer to a "General Hansey [?]" Caption: "…secretary and I look at some fragments trying to identify what they might / have been we're about 50 meters from the epicenter of the blast which was directly on top / of the dome in the background."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-148/

img Officers of the 1st Cavalry Division (ddr-densho-299-149)

Caption: "The First Cavalry with their mania of 'firsts' have the first review of Tokyo."

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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."

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

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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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-152/

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 Building where the Tokyo war crimes trials were held (ddr-densho-299-154)

Caption: "Site of the war crimes trials."

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img Detention block in Sugamo prison (ddr-densho-299-155)

Caption: "Sugamo prison where all the class 'A' war criminals were held."

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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 Sadao Araki testifying on his own behalf during the trials (ddr-densho-299-157)

Caption: "Sadao Araki, Former war minister, minister of supreme war council, education minister / became the first of 25 to testify on his own behalf."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-157/

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