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.
Sixth grade boys help school children on a road in Yokohama, Japan. School children bow before a teacher as they leave the school. Sixth grade schoolboys direct school children walking across a road.
French Marshal Joseph Joffre arrives in a long boat, at a dock in Yokohama, Japan. Steamships seen in the harbor, in the background. Japanese military officers await the arrival. Joffre, and his staff officers, are accompanied by a Japanese diplomat in a high hat, and Japanese military officers, as they walk along a pier. Two young Japanese girls present Joffre with bouquets of flowers. A train carrying Marshal Joffre and his staff and welcoming party arrives at the Tokyo railroad station, which is decorated with French and Japanese flags. Joffre is welcomed by an Honor Guard of the Empire and escorted across the platform toward the city, proper. Spectators line a platform on the other side of the tracks.
U.S. Army soldiers at a baseball game in Yokohama Park Stadium, Japan, during postwar occupation following World War II. The stadium had been renamed and a sign on it reads "Lou Gehrig Stadium." U.S. soldiers enter the ball park to watch the baseball game. A crowd of American soldiers in the stands. Baseball game in progress. First Lieutenant Don Pinciotti, assigned to ASCOM-C 8th Army Headquarters, as Athletic Officer in charge of all Recreational Activities, for USA troops in and around the Yokahama area, is seen playing as catcher and manager of the 8th Army Chicks. Japanese bat boys sit near the dugout. (Note: Pinciotti returned to the United States in August 1946 to complete his studies at the University of Dayton, where he also played football and made All-Ohio and Catholic All-American in 1946. He graduated in June 1947. Prior to graduation, he signed a contract to play professional football with the Detroit Lions and after graduation, he signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Chicago White Sox.)
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