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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."

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img Lumber stacked (ddr-densho-299-13)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1953. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Lumber yard showing precut lengths / of pine, oak, sugi, and stacked uncut / lengths of bamboo and sugi. / Photographer - Orzio / Photograph by U.S. Army."

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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."

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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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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.'"

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

Photo of a war medal in presentation box.

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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."

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img Fishing boats hauling in the day's catch (ddr-densho-299-11)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1021. 8 Feb 49 / NRS Project: / Japanese fishermen haul in nets / off the coast of Odawara, Japan, / as the small boats are drawn to the / master ship, which is powered by / a deisel [sic] engine. When all boats / are together, the nets are emptied / and …

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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. …

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img A water wheel in an agricultural valley (ddr-densho-299-26)

Caption on reverse: "WPA-46-69188. 25 Nov 46 / Agricultural Japan: / This scene of one of the many valleys / in Japan, shows the intensity of Japanese / agriculture, and the utilization of every / available source of power, as shown by / the water wheel in the middle of this / field. (Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan). …

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

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

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img Crops growing in a flood plane (ddr-densho-299-24)

Caption in reverse: "FEC-49-1868. 18 March 49 / NRS Project: / Use of land on flood plane of the / Tamagawa River, Tokyo for growing / wheat and vegetables. Quite common / now in urban districts. / Photographer - Dunn / Photograph by U.S. Army."

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

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

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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."

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

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

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

Caption: "The Great Bronze Buddha."

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

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

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

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img Japanese farmers threshing rice (ddr-densho-299-63)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-47-77289. 14 July 47 / Japanese farmers work hard: / Japanese farmers, working on a / farm located near Mount Fuji, / Japan, thresh rice by means of a / foot driven machine. This is / extremely fatiguing work, and / the operation must be executed / with great care as grain left …

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

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

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img Japanese men and women working in front of a shack (ddr-densho-299-50)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1947. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Home industry -- Typical home industry / carried on in front of wooden shack / in metropolitan Tokyo. Wooden chips / used as fuel. / Photographer - Orzio / Photograph by U.S. Army"

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img Crops growing in bombed out buildings (ddr-densho-299-7)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-2015. 30 March 49 / NRS Project: / Production of food crops among bombed / out buildings showing utilization of / every available space. / Photographer-Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."

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