KOEPANG, TIMOR 1945-10-03. TIMFORCE. LIEUTENANT GENERAL K. YAMADA, COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE 48TH ...

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Accession Number 120090
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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KOEPANG, TIMOR 1945-10-03. TIMFORCE. LIEUTENANT GENERAL K. YAMADA, COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE 48TH DIVISION, SIGNED AN INSTRUMENT WHICH EFFECTED THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE LESSER SUNDAS, EAST OF AND NOT INCLUDING LOMBOK. LIEUTENANT GENERAL YAMADA IS SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS BY CAPTAIN CASTLES OF 19TH INDEPENDENT PROVOST PLATOON. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS)