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07-06-16, 08:07 PM
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Australians with captured Japanese Officer,1945.
Australian soldiers of 6th Australian Division, near the jeep 'Willys' with a Japanese general during the surrender of Japanese forces in New Guinea.
http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/upload...s8osc4.th.jpeg
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07-06-16, 09:12 PM
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What a souvenir . . !
I wonder who had the General's samauri sword?
Rob
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08-06-16, 03:44 AM
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08-06-16, 05:44 AM
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 . . . After signing the unconditional surrender, Lt Gen Adachi is ordered to hand in his sword by the General Officer Commanding, 6th Division, Major General H. C. H. Robertson, at Wom Airstrip, New Guinea, and does so. . . . The sword is now in the possession of the Australian War Memorial. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RELAWM31261/
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08-06-16, 08:17 AM
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"The sword is now in the possession of the Australian War Memorial."
And I hope that it will remain there in perpetuity. Mike
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