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img American soldier guarding royal palace (ddr-densho-299-226)

Caption: "1st Cavalry Guard at one of the entrances to the Royal Palace."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-226/

img Gateway to Shinagawa Shrine (ddr-densho-299-219)

Caption: "Torii or gateway to Shinagawa Shrine. Completed 1636 after 12 years of labor by 15,000 men"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-219/

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 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 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 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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-153/

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 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 Tojo talking with his defense attorneys (ddr-densho-299-161)

Caption: "Tojo with his two defense attorneys."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-161/

img Dormitory at Waseda University (ddr-densho-299-54)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1940. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Wooden dormitory near Waseda Uni- / versity showing extensive use of / wooden construction in semi-public / buildings. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."

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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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-139/

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 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 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 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 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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-24/

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 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 General MacArthur recieves the Legion of Honor (ddr-densho-299-184)

Caption: "The French government honor General MacArthur with the Legion of Honor."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-184/

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"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-50/