Departure of United States Army Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. High ranking officers stand on a pier. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Doyle Overton Hickey stands. Major General Willoughby stands on the pier. He talks with the officers. Willoughby talks with Hickey. Willoughby shakes hands with U.S. Army General Matthew Bunker Ridgway. His wife Mary Anthony Ridgway looks on. Major General Willoughby, Lieutenant General Hickey, General Ridgway and Mrs. Ridgway pose.
Departure of United States Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. Maj. Gen. Willoughby reviews the honor guard at a pier. An army band plays. Transporter in the background. A citation is read and Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) is presented to Willoughby by U.S. General Bunker Ridgway. Ridgway walks along the pier. His wife Mary Anthony Ridgway walks along.
Departure of United States Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. Maj. Gen. Willoughby comes aboard a ship. He shakes hands with a group of civilians before he turns and walks up a gangplank. Japanese Premier Shigeru Yoshida, U.S. officers and Japanese civilians come off the ship after saying good bye to the Major General. Willoughby waves from the ship. The gangplank is pulled away from the ship and is lowered to the pier. Two sailors aboard the ship start to close the hatch doors. The ship alongside the pier. Dockworkers remove lines.
Departure of United States Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. Maj. Gen. Willoughby inspects troops. He says good-bye to officers. He shakes hands with British Brigadier General A. K. Ferguson. Willoughby says good-bye, talks to officers, smiles and frowns.
Departure of United States Army Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. Sailors stand beside the railing of a deck. The sailors pull up a rope. People stand on the ship.
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion visits Washington DC, United States. Ben Gurion and Israeli diplomat Abba Eban step from a limousine and enter the White House. Ben-Gurion talks to U.S. President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office. Cameramen record the event. President Truman receives a menorah as a gift from Ben-Gurion.