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Show Captain Fallows Witnesses Signing A brief description of the official Japanese surrender and peace signing aboard the battleship Missouri, Mis-souri, September 2, was received Friday by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fallows, of Hyrum from their son, Captain Albert D. Fallows. Captain Fallows, one of the few U. S. army officers to witness the formal ceremonies, also was among the first to land at Atsugi airfield when the occupation of Japan began. be-gan. He has been serving in the public relations office in Tokyo for the past few weeks. "I was one of 20 officers and six enlisted men to be invited by General MacArthur to attend the ceremony," he wrote. "We went down to the dock to board the destroyer USS Taylor which took us out to the ceremony. "After breakfast on the ship, we arrived at the Missouri about 8:15 a.m. and boarded Tier with the customary military ceremony. There were lines of naval personnel person-nel and marines and high ranking naval officials there to greet us and show us where we would stand for the ceremony. ''Without delay we took our places and watched the dignitaries dignitar-ies from the various countries arrive. ar-rive. General MacArthur was met by Admiral Nimitz about 10 minutes min-utes after the Japanese delegation boarded the ship. They stood there very stolid, not saying a word to anyone." After the ceremony, Captain Fallows obtained a card, signed by MacArthur, Nimitz and others stating that ,1 was present when the surrender was signed. "I wouldn't take anything for that; it will be one of my, most prized j souvenirs for years to come." I He also described briefly . the j flag raising ceremony over the American embassy on September 8 in Tokyo. |
