Lt. Gen. Masao Wantanabe Arrives for Ponape Surrender

Lieutenant General Masao Watanabe of the Imperial Japanese Army and his aide arrive aboard
USS Hyman (DD-732) to negotiate the surrender of Ponape Island on 11 Sept 1945.

Photo courtesy of Jim Kleeper, USS FARQUHAR DE 139, Plankowner
 

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