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In the mountains of Northern Luzon, General Tomoyuki Yamashita, gave himself up to Major-General. William H Gill of the United States 32nd Division, then surrendered formally at Baguio to Major-General Edmond H Leavy, Deputy Commander of United States Forces, Western Pacific. The ceremony was delayed two and a half hours so that Lieutenant-General Jonathan Wainright and Lieutenant-General A E Percival, who surrendered to Yamashita early in the war, could be present. The terms of the surrender were read, then Yamashita signed, followed by Vice Admiral Denhici Okochi, for Japanese Navy. Major-General Leavey then signed.
Captain Fred Kazuo Iwama, a Canadian-born Japanese interpreter reading the surrender terms to Lieutenant General Adachi, Commander 18th Japanese Army in New Guinea. Lieutenant General Adachi formally
CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA DISCUSSING THE SURRENDER TERMS WITH THE INTERPRETER. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI FORMALLY SURREND
CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. JAPANESE INTERPRETER READING THE SURRENDER TERMS TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI FORMALLY SURREND
CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. HE ACCEPTED THE TERMS UNCONDITIONALLY. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. HE ACCEPTED THE TERMS UNCONDITIONALLY. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, DISCUSSING THE TERMS OF SURRENDER WITH MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING
