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Lieutenant General Charles A. Willoughby Converses with Japanese Lieutenant General Kawabe Torashiro

Major General Charles A. Willoughby (left), Intelligence Officer on General Douglas MacArthur's staff, is shown with Lieutenant General Kawabe Torashiro (second from left) and unidentified members of the Japanese delegation as they arrive at General Headquarters in Manila, Philippines, to begin negotiations of the surrender terms that ended the war with Japan. All others are unidentified.

Members of the Japanese Delegation Arrive at Nichols Field, Manila, Philippines

The sixteen-man Japanese delegation disembark from a C-54 transport plane after a flight from Ie Shima, Japan. The Japanese delegation was in Manila, Philippines to negotiate the terms of the Japanese surrender to end World War II. The delegation was greeted by Major General Charles A. Willoughby (far right). All others are unidentified.