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Hawk914 says:

The Japanese officer to the left is the head of this delegation, Lieutenant General Torashiro Kawabe. The officer next to him is most likely a translator.

The American officer whose face is visible looks to be General George C. Kenney, although I'm not entirely sure of this. He almost looks too tall to be Kenney, although the Japanese, in general, were undoubtedly quite small in stature compared to most Americans. So perhaps my eye is just being fooled!

The photo was indeed taken in the Philippines. The Japanese envoys had arrived at Ie Shima, transferred to the ATC (Air Transport Command) C-54 seen here, and flown to Manila to meet with MacArthur and to receive instructions concerning surrender and occupation arrangements.

You can see photos of the delegation's arrival to and departure from Ie Shima HERE...

This is a fairly rare photo, I'd say... although as our WWII vets are passing on, more and more photos like this are showing up. Not too long ago a number of photos from this same event were sold on epay.


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