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Morotai Channel, Netherlands East Indies. 26 August 1945. Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Ishii (far right next to the oars), Commander of the 32nd Division and all other Japanese forces in the Halmahera Islands, standing on a Japanese Navy barge as it is tied to a US Navy PT Boat. Lieutenant General Ishii met with Major General Harry H. Johnson, Commander of the 93rd Division and all US installations on Morotai to discuss the arrangements for the Japanese surrender. Lt Gen Ishii was accompnaied by four high ranking Japanese Army and Navy Officers, two junior Officers (one an interpreter) and two other ranks personnel. This was the first peaceful face to face meeting with Japanese Armed Forces. After these discussions, the Japanese party was escorted to Morotai for the formal surrender ceremony by a flotilla of six PT. (Donor H. Kennare)
Morotai, Netherlands East Indies. 27 August 1945. Brigadier General McNaught (second from right) of the US Army's 93rd Division, escorts Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Ishii (third from right), Commander
Morotai, Netherlands East Indies. 27 August 1945. Brigadier General McNaught (second from right), of the 93rd US Army Division escorts Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Ishii, Commander of the 32nd Division
Morotai Channel, Netherland East Indies. 26 August 1945. Three US Navy PT Boats of the 11th Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron rendezvous with two Japanese Navy Barges, as previously arranged by radio. Major
Morotai, Netheraland East Indies. 27 August 1945. Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Ishii, Commander of the 32nd Division and all other Japanese Armed Forces in the Halmahera Islands, and three of his senio
Morotai, Netherlands East Indies. 27 August 1945. Two high ranking Japanese Army and Navy Officers waiting on the wharf at Morotai for the formal surrender of the Japanese Forces to begin. These offic
Morotai Channel, Netherlands East Indies. 26 August 1945. Major General Harry H. Johnson (right), Commander of the 93rd Division and all US installations on Morotai, examining a Japanese Officer's swo
