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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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img A traditional imperial ceremony (ddr-densho-299-197)

Caption: ";Unchanged [sic] for centuries, an imperial ceremony is held within the palace grounds."

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img Performance of The Mikado (ddr-densho-299-206)

Caption: "The Mikado played in Japan for the first time. The operetta would have been considered sacrilegious before / the occupation."

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img Fields in the Arakawa River flood plain (ddr-densho-299-60)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1949. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Use of flood plain of the Arakawa River / for winter crops -- Tokyo. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."

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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 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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