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Benediction for fallen men at ceremony at United States Embassy, Tokyo. The Padre of the 1ste U.S. Cavalry Division reads benediction for men who have fallen for their country at the United States Embassy in Tokyo. Left to right: Padre of 1st. U.S. Cavalry Division, Admiral Halsey; General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Forces; General Wainwright, who surrendered to the ...

As American troops begin to push back the Japanese, General MacArthur (left) and Philippine President Osmena (right) landed in the Philippines, October 20, 1944. NI 9277

British and American warships together in the Yangtse after Japanese attacks. A picture just received in London on the British gunboats Bee (centre) and Ladybird (right) and the American gunboat Oahu (left) moored alongside each other in the Yangtse River after the air and artillery attacks which had been made by Japanese forces. The ladybird had suffered damage at the hands of Japanese gunners, and ...

' An `Underseas Warrior` Gets Off Some Rescue Work At Sea. Not all of the work of the Pacific Fleet's submarines is destructive. At this stage in the war against Japan, when Uncle Sam is sending his airmen over the enemy mainland in steady streams of power and might, the subs have a new job to do. They roam the hostile waters between U.S. held forward areas and the Japanese coast, and working with ...

Hand raised in greeting and a determined smile on his face, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur (left) is shown as he arrived in Melbourne, Australia, to become Supreme Commander (Allied) in the southwest Pacific in 1942. He is accompanied by Major General Patrick J. Hurley, then American Minister to New Zealand and now personnal presentative of President Roosevelt in the Far East. General MacArthur grimly ...