World War, 1939-1945

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.

General Tomoyuki Yamashita, Commander of all Japanese forces in the Philippines, calmly puffing an American cigar as he surrendered to the 128th Regiment of the 32nd Division at Kiangan, Nueva, Visocaya, Province on Luzon, 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.

Unidentified high ranking Japanese officers on General Tomoyuki Yamashita's staff following their surrender to the 32nd Division at Kiangan in Northern Luzon, Philippines. General Yamashita refused to surrender until the Japanese government signed the formal surrender agreement aboard the USS Missouri.

Gold-braided hats, samurai swords and briefcases rest in a ante-room at General Headquarters in Manila, Philippines as members of the sixteen-man Japanese surrender arrangement delegation presented their credentials to Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland (not pictured), Chief of Staff to General Douglas MacArthur.

The sixteen-man Japanese delegation arrives at Nichols Field, Manila, Philippines where they will begin negotiations on the terms of the Japanese surrender to end World War II. Greeting the delegation is Major General Charles A. Willoughby (center facing camera). All others are unidentified.

Japanese General Yoshijiro Umezu signs the Instrument of Surrender Agreement on behalf of the Japanese government ending the war with Japan while (left to right) General Douglas MacArthur and his Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland look on. Others in the background are unidentified. The ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Manila Bay. These photographs were given to Colonel Westray B. Boyce during her tour of the Pacific Theatre in the Fall of 1945.

Members of the sixteen-man Japanese surrender arrangement delegation team climb aboard an American C-54 transport at Ie Shima, Japan for the flight to Manila, Philippines where they negotiated the unconditional surrender of Japan that ended the war with Japan.

From left to right, Lieutenant General K. N. Dereyanko (Russian); General Walter Krueger (American); General Sir Thomas Blamey (Australian); Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland (American); Lieutenant General Arthur Percival (British); Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright (American) and General Douglas MacArthur (American) are standing together in Manila, Philippines during the period of the negotiations of the Japanese surrender.

Lieutenant General Kawabe Torashiro (center), Vice Chief of the Imperial Staff and head of the Japanese surrender arrangement delegation arrives at Nichols Field, Manila, Philippines with an unidentified member of his staff. The two American soldiers are also unidentified.