Sergeant Major Timothy Carragher, Jonathan Wainwright, and Sergeant Major Frank Benegas at Fort Myer, Virginia, United States, 1 Nov 1938; Wainwright had just been promoted to the rank of brigadier generalJonathan Wainwright and Douglas MacArthur, circa 1941Jonathan Wainwright and Masaharu Homma negotiating the American surrender terms, Cabcaben, Philippines, about 1715 hours on 6 May 1942Wainwright announcing the surrender of American forces in the Philippine Islands, under supervision of a Japanese censor, Manila, Philippine Islands, 7 May 1942
Sergeant Major Timothy Carragher, Jonathan Wainwright, and Sergeant Major Frank Benegas at Fort Myer, Virginia, United States, 1 Nov 1938; Wainwright had just been promoted to the rank of brigadier generalJonathan Wainwright and Douglas MacArthur, circa 1941Jonathan Wainwright and Masaharu Homma negotiating the American surrender terms, Cabcaben, Philippines, about 1715 hours on 6 May 1942Wainwright announcing the surrender of American forces in the Philippine Islands, under supervision of a Japanese censor, Manila, Philippine Islands, 7 May 1942
Lieutenant Colonel Ito and a Japanese lieutenant with captured American officers, Jul 1942Douglas MacArthur embracing Jonathan Wainwright, Hotel New Grand, Yokohama, Japan, 31 Aug 1945Douglas MacArthur giving a pen to Arthur Percival to sign the Japanese surrender document, aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 4
Lieutenant Colonel Ito and a Japanese lieutenant with captured American officers, Jul 1942Douglas MacArthur embracing Jonathan Wainwright, Hotel New Grand, Yokohama, Japan, 31 Aug 1945Douglas MacArthur giving a pen to Arthur Percival to sign the Japanese surrender document, aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 4
MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 4MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 3 of 4MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 4 of 4One page from the USS Missouri deck log for 2 Sep 1945 listing many of the dignitaries who came aboard for the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, Japan.
MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 4MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 3 of 4MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 4 of 4One page from the USS Missouri deck log for 2 Sep 1945 listing many of the dignitaries who came aboard for the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, Japan.
General Tomoyuki Yamashita (center on near side of table) at the surrender ceremony at Baguio, Philippines, 3 Sep 1945; note Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, seated, second from leftSigned portrait of Jonathan Wainwright, circa 1946
General Tomoyuki Yamashita (center on near side of table) at the surrender ceremony at Baguio, Philippines, 3 Sep 1945; note Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, seated, second from leftSigned portrait of Jonathan Wainwright, circa 1946
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