Crown Prince Hirohito visiting Yokohama, Japan after the Great Kanto Earthquake, 15 Sep 1923, photo 1 of 3Crown Prince Hirohito visiting Yokohama, Japan after the Great Kanto Earthquake, 15 Sep 1923, photo 2 of 3Crown Prince Hirohito visiting Yokohama, Japan after the Great Kanto Earthquake, 15 Sep 1923, photo 3 of 3Kaga, Hiei, and Nagato during the annual naval review at Yokohama, Japan, 25 Aug 1933
Crown Prince Hirohito visiting Yokohama, Japan after the Great Kanto Earthquake, 15 Sep 1923, photo 1 of 3Crown Prince Hirohito visiting Yokohama, Japan after the Great Kanto Earthquake, 15 Sep 1923, photo 2 of 3Crown Prince Hirohito visiting Yokohama, Japan after the Great Kanto Earthquake, 15 Sep 1923, photo 3 of 3Kaga, Hiei, and Nagato during the annual naval review at Yokohama, Japan, 25 Aug 1933
Hitler Youth members having just disembarked from passenger ship Gneisenau at Yokohama, Japan, 16 Aug 1938 at about 1300 hours; in this photo they had just greeted their hosts with Aerial view of Yokohama, Japan, 28 Jan 1945Allied prisoner of war camp near Yokohama, Japan, seen from an aircraft from USS Shangri-La, mid-Aug 1945Douglas MacArthur embracing Jonathan Wainwright, Hotel New Grand, Yokohama, Japan, 31 Aug 1945
Hitler Youth members having just disembarked from passenger ship Gneisenau at Yokohama, Japan, 16 Aug 1938 at about 1300 hours; in this photo they had just greeted their hosts with 'Dai Nippon banzai' ('Great Japan for Ten Thousand Years')Aerial view of Yokohama, Japan, 28 Jan 1945Allied prisoner of war camp near Yokohama, Japan, seen from an aircraft from USS Shangri-La, mid-Aug 1945Douglas MacArthur embracing Jonathan Wainwright, Hotel New Grand, Yokohama, Japan, 31 Aug 1945
USS Oneida memorial, Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery, Yokohama, Japan, Sep 1945Yokohama, Japan in ruins, Sep 1945Yokohama, Japan in ruins, Sep 1945Douglas MacArthur disembarking destroyer USS Buchanan at Yokohama, Japan after being transferred ashore from the USS Missouri where the Japanese surrender was signed, 2 Sep 1945
USS Oneida memorial, Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery, Yokohama, Japan, Sep 1945Yokohama, Japan in ruins, Sep 1945Yokohama, Japan in ruins, Sep 1945Douglas MacArthur disembarking destroyer USS Buchanan at Yokohama, Japan after being transferred ashore from the USS Missouri where the Japanese surrender was signed, 2 Sep 1945
Demobilized Japanese soldiers, Yokohama, Japan, 5 Sep 1945Civilians in Yokohama, Japan, 21 Sep 1945Emperor Showa (Hirohito) speaking to civilians, Yokohama, Japan, 19 Feb 1946Museum ship Hikawa Maru at Yokohama, Japan, 26 Jul 2009
Demobilized Japanese soldiers, Yokohama, Japan, 5 Sep 1945Civilians in Yokohama, Japan, 21 Sep 1945Emperor Showa (Hirohito) speaking to civilians, Yokohama, Japan, 19 Feb 1946Museum ship Hikawa Maru at Yokohama, Japan, 26 Jul 2009


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