Netherlands Army Chief greeted upon his arrival in Manila. Luitenant General L.H.

Netherlands Army Chief greeted upon his arrival in Manila. Luitenant General L.H. van Oyen (right), Commander in Chief of the Royal Netherlands Indies Army, is greeted upon his arrival in Manila, Philippines capital, August 23, 1945, en route to Japan's formal capitulation ceremonies scheduled to take place aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2. At the left is Colonel Q.S. Lander, U.S. Army intelligence officer, and in the center Colonel Giepel, a Dutch liaison officer. This is a radiophoto sent from manila to the U.S.