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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 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 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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-173/

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 Ainu chieftain visiting Tokyo to present a gift (ddr-densho-299-189)

Parts of the caption are smeared unfortunately obstructing the chieften's [sic] name and date. First part of the name seems to be "Nos" and ends with "To" Caption on reverse: "[Name], Ainu tribe Chief / [Name], Chief of the Ainu tribe from Northern Hokkaido, / Japan, who is in Tokyo visiting his / friend Col. C. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-189/

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

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-165/

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/

img A Noh drama performance (ddr-densho-299-208)

Caption: "Noh Drama. Teaching the photographers the use of extension flashes."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-208/

img Bronze Buddha inside the Daibutsuden (ddr-densho-299-215)

Caption: "The Great Bronze Buddha."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-215/

img Wooden tower in Japan (ddr-densho-299-222)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-222/

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-115/

img Japanese surrender delegation (ddr-densho-299-95)

Caption: "Japanese delegation boards the USS Missouri to sign the surrender documents."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-95/

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

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-113/

img Workers gathered for speeches (ddr-densho-299-5)

Caption on reverse: "Workers / gathered for / May Day speeches."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-5/

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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-134/

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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-122/

img The ballet Scheherazade being put on (ddr-densho-299-204)

Caption: "Ballet 'Sheherazade' [sic] was more popular (fewer left at intermission) but wasn't popular with / the GIs."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-204/

img Ainu chieftain transports a gift from his people to General MacArthur (ddr-densho-299-187)

Caption: "An Ainu chieftain braves the horrible transportation system of 1947 to bring a gift from his / people to the victorious 'American Emperor' General MacArthur."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-187/

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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-140/

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