photograph

Date1945

Mediumpaper

Dimensions4 1/8 x 5 in. (10.5 x 12.7 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographic Archives

Credit LineGift of Colonel Thomas Tsutomu Imada, AUS Retired

Object number2022.48.17

Description1 photographic print: b&w; Lieutenant General Torashiro Kawabe Vice Chief of the General Staff and head of the Japanese Surrender Delegation [presents his credentials from Emperor Hirohito] to Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland, Chief of Staff to General Douglas MacArthur. Other man unidentified. Image shows Kawabe hand documents to Sutherland over a table. In background is a map of Japan.

Written on back in graphite pencil, "K 17", written sideways is "16"