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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97276

Surrender of Japanese Forces in the Philippines, 1945


Surrender ceremonies at Baguio, Luzon, on 3 September 1945.
The Japanese commander, General Tomoyuki Yamashita, is seated in the middle on the near side of the table. Seated on the opposite side, second from left, is Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright, U.S. Army. Toward the right end of the table, immediately to the left of Gen. Yamashita's head, is Commodore Norman C. Gillette, USN, Deputy Commander, Philippine Sea Frontier.

Collection of Commodore Norman C. Gillette, USN. Donated by Captain Robert C. Gillette, USN (Retired), May 2000.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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23 May 2000