Tower inside the Forbidden Palace in Beijing (Peiping/ Peking), China. The Forbidden City as seen from a tunnel. Chinese drivers pulling rickshaws. The Audience Hall, also known as the Palace of Heavenly Purity, inside the Forbidden City. Stone stairs leading to the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Pillars of a building in the Forbidden Palace. Stone heron and turtle statues in the Forbidden Palace. The Altar and the Temple of Heaven in the Outer City of Beijing. In the countryside near Beijing is the Summer Palace. Gardens and palace at the Yuanmingyuan Park in Haidan District, Beijing.
General Joseph Warren Stilwell presents the Legion of Merit to Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing (Chungking), China during World War II. Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling) is also present. Madame Chiang talks to news correspondents.
Japanese forces surrender at Tsing Tao, China after World War II. Major General Shepherd of 6th Division of U.S. Marine Corps seated at table. A Japanese general wearing a sword standing. The Japanese general stands as General Shepherd accepts Japanese surrender. Admirals sitting in background. A flagpole behind table. Houses in far background.
United States Military Police stand at a race track during Japanese surrender at Tsing-Tao in China during World War II. People seated in Grandstand. Houses on a hill in the background. Troops stand in formation. Jeeps in line with the troops. Crew stands in front of M 4 tanks. Documents marked 'Act of Surrender' lay on tables with pens and paper weights made from cartridges. Major General Shepherd of 6th Division of U.S. Marine Corps. Japanese General signs a document.
Japanese attack on United States Navy gunboat USS Panay anchored in the Yangtze River at Nanjing (Nanking), China. Ship crew and others evacuate the United States ship Panay after a Japanese air attack. Men transfer onto barges and pull away. Men jump into the river. Japanese aircraft in flight. Bullet marks on the ship. Barges approach the coast and views of the Panay sinking slowly in the background. Men unload their belongings on the shore. Gradually the ship sinks.
Aftermath of the Japanese attack on United States ship USS Panay in Nanjing (Nanking), China. Men injured because of Japanese attack on the USS Panay lying on stretchers. Injured covered with sheets. Severely injured men. A man with a bleeding forehead. A man ties bandages on wounds of a man. Officials speak to each other. Injured carried away on stretchers.
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