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Lieutenant General Kawabe Torashiro Presents His Credentials to Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland

2014-3332 (untitled)
Accession Number
2014-3332
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
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Related Collection
Long, Westray Battle Boyce Papers
Keywords
Armed forces officers
World War, 1939-1945
People Pictured
Sutherland, Richard K., 1893-1966
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U.S. Army Signal Corps

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Description
Japanese Lieutenant General Kawabe Torashiro, Vice Chief of the General Staff and head of the Japanese Surrender Delegation, presents his credentials from Emperor Hirohito to Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland, Chief of Staff to General Douglas MacArthur. The other man is unidentified. The exchange took place in Manila, Philippines, in preparation for negotiations of the terms of the Japanese surrender. The photograph was given to Colonel Westray B. Boyce during her tour of the Pacific Theatre in the Fall of 1945.
Date(s)
August 19, 1945