While in Japan for two weeks, my Grandfather took many pictures of a variety of things.
The damage done by B-29 Bomber Raids over Tokyo
Burned out ruins in the foreground, a temple in the background
A baseball stadium in Tokyo
The Olympic track and field stadium. In 1936 Japan had been awarded the honor of hosting the 1940 Summer Olympics. By 1938, due to planning problems and the invasion of China, Japan withdrew from hosting the Olympics. They did hold some alternate event there in its place. The 1940 Olympics were relocated to Finland but later cancelled because of the war.
Street Scenes in Tokyo
Tokyo near the Main business District
MacArthur's HQ on the right, and the Imperial Palace on the left.
A gate of the Japanese Imperial Palace
The grounds around the palace
A moat around the palace
He traveled north from Tokyo through the countryside...
before arriving at Muzugahara Airfield, in Honshu, Japan
He left Japan and headed home at the end of September, 1945.
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