United States Navy soldiers of the Light Attack Squadron (VAL-4) after their landing at the Tan Son Nhut Airport (Than Son Nhat International Airport, Trường Sơn, Phường 2, Tân Bình, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam) terminal in Saigon, Vietnam. Navy men walk out of the terminal building with their personal luggage after their checking by custom inspectors. Soldiers waiting in line at a cashier's window for their money to be exchanged. Men signs currency control certificate. They receive currency notes and count them. (Vietnam War period).
United States Navy soldiers of the Light Attack Squadron VAL-4 after arrival in Vietnam briefed by a customs officer. Customs officer uses a microphone to address the navy men. An official inspects a cardboard box. A navy men wipes his bunk at the barracks in Binh Thuy, Vietnam. Luggage of the soldiers lying on floor, beneath their bedding. Luggage carrier moves inside the barracks. (Vietnam War period).
United States Navy soldiers of the Light Attack Squadron (VAL-4) at a briefing session in Binh Thuy in Vietnam. A junior officer introduces Captain A.H. Munson to the soldiers. Captain Munson on the rostrum addresses the soldiers. Soldiers listen carefully to him. (Vietnam War period).
Titled 'Allied Forces land In Japan'. USS Missouri leading a convoy of 400 warships into the Bay of Tokyo. Admiral Halsey of the U.S. Navy smiles. Huge guns on the ship. A U.S. Army Air Force base at the island of Okinawa, Japan. U.S. Army Air Force plane lands at a Japanese Air Force base near Tokyo. Officers of the Japanese Air Force surrender to the officials of the Allied forces. U.S. National Flag hoisted at Tokyo Airdrome. Base operations sign there for the 3rd Airdrome Squadron. Japanese Military Police marching at Hazuki Airfield. Scenes of destroyed planes and facilities on the ground at Hazuki airfield. Admiral Chester Nimitz, Commander of the fleet of Allied Forces congratulates forces on the USS Missouri. Japanese ship alongside USS San Diego. Japanese men climb into the ship and give navigation instructions to the San Diego and Task Force 31. Many sunken Japanese ships in harbor at Yokosuko. Japanese ship Nagato and crew taken into custody by the Navy and its new captain Thomas Flynn.
The surrender of Japan to the Allied Forces after the World War II. The United States Marines landing at Japanese Military base in Yokosuka. The United States National Flag hoisted and marines take the control of the base. USS San Diego at the Yokosuka port. Japanese commanders surrender to the U.S. Army officials. U.S. Army Air Force planes land at Hazuki field near Tokyo and troops deplane. Plane with "Bataan" painted on nose. From a plane descends General Douglas MacArthur, the Commnader of the Allied Forces. He is greeted and welcomed by other U.S. Military officials including General Eichelberger. Field filled with Japanese trucks. U.S. troops board the trucks. American prisoners of war released and greeting the incoming U.S. troops. MacArthur inspects the Hazuki air base.
Signing of the instruments of surrender formalizing the capitulation of Japan to the Allied Forces in World War II. The Battleship USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay. The U.S. Destroyer, Buchanan, pulls alongside bringing representatives of the Allied Powers to participate. U.S. General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces boards the USS Missouri and is welcomed by Fleet Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Halsey. They proceed to the ship's Veranda deck for the signing ceremony. Japanese delegation led by Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, accompanied by General Yoshijiro Umezo arrives in a boat. Speech by MacArthur as Japanese delegation looks on. Japanese representatives sign the surrender instruments. General MacArthur then signs using several pens that he presents to U.S. General Wainwright and British General Percival and others. Admiral Chester Nimitz signs for all U.S. forces, followed by Admiral Halsey. Allied representatives then sign for China, the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, Australia, Canada, France, Netherlands, and New Zealand. MacArthur gives closing comments. Allied aircraft fly overhead after the ceremony.
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