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General MacArthur greets Gen. Jonathan Wainwright

98-2448 (untitled)
Accession Number
98-2448
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
Armed forces officers
World War, 1939-1945
HST Keywords
Hotels - Grand Hotel (Yokohama); Japan - General file - Yokohoma
People Pictured
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, 1883-1953
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Description
General Douglas MacArthur greets General Jonathan Wainwright in Yokohama's new Grand Hotel. This is their first meeting since they parted in embattled Corregidor, in the Philippines, in 1942. From a Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters, U. S. Army Forces, Pacific, in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946. (These photographs were also reproduced in 8x10 and placed in the regular photo boxes).
Date(s)
September 2, 1945