Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 12]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 12]

1945

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Part 1, the 7th Regt. of the 1st Cav. Div. enters Tokyo for occupation duty. Gen. Chase congratulates the first soldier to enter. The U.S. flag is raised over the U.S. Legation in Tokyo as Gen, MacArthur and Adm. Halsey arrive. Joseph Meisinger, Gestapo officer, surrenders to two war correspondents near Mount Fujiyama. Part 2 shows U.S. troops vacationing in the Swiss Alps. Part 3, Japanese Gen. Yamashita surrenders his troops on Luzon to Gen. Wainwright and British Gen. Percival at Baguio, P.I. He and his staff are taken to cells in Bilibid Prison. Part 4, football: Michigan vs. Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Part 5 is a trailer on rationing.

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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...

Chase, William C. (William Curtis), 1895-1986

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As Major in U.S. Cavalry attended Command & General Staff School (1931) and Army War College (1935). Commanded 1st Cavalry Brigade, 38th Infantry Division and 1st Cavalry Division and participated in the Admiralty Island, Leyte and Luzon campaigns and was ordered to capture Manila during World War II. Rose to rank of Major General. From the description of The William C. Chase papers, 1931-1981. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 21997010 William C. Chase ...

Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, 1883-1953

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Yamashita, Tomobumi, 1885-1946

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Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959

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William Frederick Halsey Jr. (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He was called "Bill" by his family and friends and nicknamed "Bull" by the press. He is one of four individuals to have attained the rank of fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being Ernest King, William Leahy, and Chester W. Nimitz. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Halsey graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1904. He served in the Gr...