Historic Pictures The Japs Get MacArthur's Orders for Surrender in WW2, Ie Shima, Okinawa.

Everything at Ie Shima was cold formality as the Japs shifted to an American transport which flew them to Manila.  As their plane purposely swooped low beneath the clouds, the Japs rushed to the windows and gaped at stupendous U.S. developments on Okinawa.  They ate a box lunch, asked for seconds on pineapple juice and offered the Americans Jap cigarets and tips in U.S. currency.  Both were politely refused.  In Manila the Jap envoys were received correctly but coolly by courtly Major General Charles A. Willoughby and his aides. As the little Japs, dwarfed by their clanking samurai swords and by the tall Americans, walked woodenly across Nichols Field, some GIs yelled, "Banzai! Banzai!" at the Japs, who gave no indication that they heard the sarcastic yell. 

Three hours after their arrival Kawabe presented his mission's credentials to MacArthur's chief of staff, Lieut. General Richard K. Sutherland.  Nineteen hours later the Japs departed, their brains and brief cases bulging with orders for the surrender and occupation.  They did not even glimpse their future ruler, MacArthur, whose habitual allofness was now a distinct asset in his position as Japan's governor.

Flown back to Ie Shima in a U.S. transport, the Japs transferred quickly to their Bettys.  The first white Betty took the air gracefully.  The second ignominiously piled into a ditch.  No one was hurt.  The plane's crew did not bother to commit hara-kiri.  Jap airmen who had lost a war did not now mind losing face.

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