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' Jap General Signs Surrender Of Philippines. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, Jap commander of the Philippines, is shown signing the surrender documents at the Imperial Palace, Taguio, while Allied officers look on. On Yamashita's right is Lt.Gen. Muto.'

Philippine President greets U.S. Army nurse in Leyte hospital. In a hospital set up in a cathedral on Leyte Island, President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines greets Captain Cathrine M. Acorn, a veteran of Bataan and one of the first U.S. Army nurses to return to the Philippines with General Douglas MacArthur's troops. Captain Acorn was assigned chief nurse of this hospital unit, which cares for American ...

He also returned to Philippines. Sergeant Francis Saveron, Filipino orderly to U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in the southwest Pacific, carries his commander's luggage ashore as he returns to the Philippines after an absence of two and a half years. Included in the luggage are General MacArthur's familiar cane and flying jacket. Sergeant Saveron accompanied his ...

Raise Philippine flag in U.S. to honor general MacArthur's return. Honoring U.S. General Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines at the head of a liberating army, five Filipino civic leaders raise the Philippine national colors over the city hall in Los Angeles, Amercican west coast community. The celebrants, three of whom wear American Legion caps signifying the fought with the U.S. forces in ...

Japanse General Tomoyuki Yamashita (second from right), who commanded the Japanese forces in the Philippines, goes over plans for his defense after being charges with responsibility for atrocities committed by troops under his command against American and Allied prisoners of war, internees and civilians. Two members of his counsel - U.S. Army officers - and a Japanese interpreter look on. Upon his ...