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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."

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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 A woman cultivating crops in a bombed out area (ddr-densho-299-23)

Caption in reverse: "FEC-49-1946. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Utilization of every available space / for production of food crops, even / among the rubble of bombed ruins / and foundations. Woman with baby / on her back cultivating winter wheat / Tokyo metropolitan area. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."

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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 Prisoners being transferred from prison to the trials by bus (ddr-densho-299-158)

Caption: "Prisoners en route from prison to trials. Tojo is man with glasses in second row."

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img Farming fields in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-49)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1870. 18 March 49 / NRS Project: / Use of land on flood plain of the / Tamagawa River, Tokyo for growing / wheat and cabbage. / Photographer - Dunn / Photograph by U.S. Army"

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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."

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img Dyed and washed fabric drying (ddr-densho-299-21)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1861. 18 March 49 / NRS Project: / Extensive use of wood - Japanese drying rack used for drying dyed / and washed materials. Standard length / of Japanese kimono material drying / is 6 yards and approximately 1 foot / wide. Tokyo. / Photographer - Dunn / Photograph by U.S. Army."

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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 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 Tea for the ranking officers' wives under General MacArthur (ddr-densho-299-200)

Caption: "Mrs. MacArthur at a tea she gave for the wives of the ranking officers of his command."

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img Courtroom of the Tokyo war crimes trials (ddr-densho-299-159)

Caption: "The courtroom is jammed. 'Admittance by ticket only' for this is history in the making."

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img Japanese camp commanding officer (ddr-densho-299-103)

Caption: "Commanding Officer of military camp on the outskirts of Tokyo."

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img View of the Ginza District in Tokyo in 1947 (ddr-densho-299-129)

Caption: "The Ginza 1947 / The Ginza in 1946 and a year later. Notice that the corner building has a Tokyo PX sign in / the 1947 photo. Also the lack of motor traffic except for GI vehicles in 1946."

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img Geishas dancing (ddr-densho-299-209)

Caption: "Geishas performing a 'Lion Dance.'"

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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 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 Contruction of the Tokyo Railway Station (ddr-densho-299-198)

Caption: "Tokyo railway station under reconstruction. 1947."

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img Survivor of Doolittle's Raid (ddr-densho-299-91)

Caption: "One of the survivors of a plane shot down over Tokyo during Gen Doolittle's / bombing of Tokyo. Early in the war when our morale was low a plan was / devised to modify some bombers so they could take off from aircraft carriers. / However, they could not land on the carriers so after …

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img Prime Minister Yoshida dicussing rumors of resignation with some U.S. army troops (ddr-densho-299-188)

Two captions. Bottom side caption: "17 Jan 1947 Tokyo, Japan / Shown chatting with Prime Minister Yoshida and his secretary concerning / The resignation rumors which now prevail are: Lt. Ted Akimoto, U.S. Army / Photographer (extreme right) and T/4 Robert Shintani, Interpreter, ATIS, GHQ, / Far East Command." Right hand side caption: "I was the …

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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 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 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 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 Showing of Tannhauser to promote culture and the arts (ddr-densho-299-202)

Caption: "To encourage the arts and in an attempt to expose the GIs to 'culture,' Wagner's opera Tannhauser / was presented."

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