As the U.S. occupation begins in Japan, the first jeep from Atsugi Airbase encounters defeated Japanese soldiers on its way to Yokohama
date: label: Date made
content: 1945
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: At dawn on August 29, 1945, the American occupation of the Japanese home islands began. Eight hours after the first troops from the 11th Airborne Division had secured the airstrip on Atsugi, the Supreme Allied Commander, General Douglas MacArthur, arrived.
label: Description
content: Japanese soldiers guarded the route to the city of Yokohama, the location where U.S. headquarters would be set up. Just as they had often done in the presence of the emperor, the guards turned their backs to the conquering American troops as they drove by in a gesture of utmost respect.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Kanagawa, Atsugi
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Life Magazine
label: Related Publication
content: Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans, Photojournalist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.078
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.078
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm