The Far East

Series

Series Name: War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

229

Date Released

24 Sep 1945

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

On the battleship Missouri Admiral Rawlings (of Britain) and US Admiral Halsey celebrate the victory over Japan, carving up a cake in the design of the Japanese flag. Members of the Japanese Imperial staff leave aircraft on the Island of Ei Shima, near Okinawa. Singapore is liberated. Indian troops arrive to take charge of Japanese POWs.

Keywords

Food and cooking; Celebrations and festivals; Victory celebrations; Prisoners of war; Occupied territories; Military

Credits:

Commentator: Patrick O’Malley

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