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Negotiations for Surrender of the Japanese at the End of World War II

Picture shows the conference room at General Headquarters, Manila during the negotiations of requirements for Japan's unconditional surrender. From left to right on left side of table: Captain Hidemi Yoshida (Navy); Captain Toshiichi Omaye (Navy); Rear Admiral Ichiro Yokoyama (Navy); Lieutenant General Kawabe Torashiro (Army); Katsuo Okazaki, (Chief of the Research Division); Major General Morkikazu Amano (Army) and Lieutenant Colonel Masao Matsuda (Army). From left to right on right side of table: Major General Lester J. Whitlock, Major General Richard Marshall; Rear Admiral Forrest P.

Women's Army Corps (WAC) Colonel Westray B. Boyce and Major General W. C. Chase at the Nippon Symphony

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (fifth from left) is attending a performance of the Nippon Symphony Orchestra, their first since the symphony had been disbanded during World War II. Also present are Dr. Marion Kenworthy (second from left) and Major General W.C. Chase (third from left). All others are unidentified. Colonel Boyce was in Japan on a tour of WAC facilities in the Pacific Theatre.