"Scenes Familiar to most Bon Homme sailors"

"Scenes Familiar to most Bon Homme sailors"

United States. Navy--Japan; World War, 1939-1945--Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); World War, 1939-1945--Military life--American

"Scenes familiar to most BON HOMME sailors who made the liberty in TOKYO are shown here as expertly captured in photographs by J.W. Sipe, PhoMac. The scene looks towards Ginsa Square, picturing the ruin that was TOKYO. (2) A "Tokyo young lady" (3) Captain Frank O'Brien, Admiral J.J. Ballentine, Captain W.F Boore and Captain H.F. Fick, on a balcony at the Imperial Hotel, General MacArthur's head-quarters. (4) Movie line in front of the Takarasuka Theater; (5) Street scene; (6) Geisha girls pose for the Americans. Additional scenes by Stipe will follow in another Morning Alert picture page soon."

Closer view of the text included in the newspaper clipping; it provides labels for the photographs.

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Newspaper clipping

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