ROME, 9/21/1945/ U.S. FLAG HOISTED OVER TOKIO./ LIEUTENANT BUD STAPLETON OF THE EASTERN U.S. STATE OF NEW YORK/ HOISTS THE FIRST U.S. FLAG TO FLY OVER TOKIO, CAPITAL OF JAPAN,/ ATOP THE NIPPON NEWS BUILDING. U.S. GENERAL OF THE DOUGLAS MAC-/ ARTHUR, ALLIED SUPREME COMMANDER, ENTERED TOKIO FOR THE FIRST/ TIME ON SEPT. 7, 1945, WITH OCCUPATION UNITS OF THE FIRST ( Dis-/ mounted ) CAVALRY DIVISION TO RAISE AN HISTORIC FLAG OVER THE/ AMERICAN EMBASSY IN THE ENEMY CAPITAL. THE FLAG GENERAL MACAR-/ THUR RAISED FLEW OVER THE CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON ON DEC. 7, 1941,/ THE DAY THE JAPANESE ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR. LATER, THE FLAG FLEW/ VICTORIOUSLY OVER CASABLANCA, ALGIERS, ROME AND BERLIN, AND ON/ THE U.S. BATTLESHIP MISSOURI ON SEPT. I , 1945, AT THE FORMAL/ JAPANESE SURRENDER CEREMONY. THIS IS A RADIOFHOTO SENT FROM JAPAN TO THE U.S./ ( D LIST OUT. ) 43891 FA.
sul supporto primario: recto: nell’etichetta didascalica sotto l’immagine: 43891.FA.Un tenente Americano alza/ per la prima volta su un edificio/ di Tokio la bandiera Americana.
sul supporto primario: recto: nell’etichetta didascalica sotto l’immagine: Amerikanski porucnik po prvi puta/ vjesi americku zastavu na nekoj zgra=/ di u Tokiju.