WEBVTT 00:00:00.140 --> 00:00:05.606 Mhm We are now giving a report from baguio in northern luzon. You'll hear 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:09.127 john Adams and Howard Pyle reporting the formal surrender ceremonies of 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:13.486 General Tomoyuki Yamashita, Commander of all remaining Japanese army units 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:17.247 in the Philippines and Vice Admiral Dennis Ritchie. Okay ahead of the 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:20.887 Japanese naval delegation that came with Yamashita's from his mountain 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:23.006 hideout. 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:26.666 The ceremony is being held here in the US High Commissioner summer 00:00:26.699 --> 00:00:32.506 residents 5,000ft up among the pine trees in the Philippines. Summer camps 00:00:32.539 --> 00:00:35.626 for the last half hour witnesses and participants to this historic 00:00:35.659 --> 00:00:40.006 surrender ceremony have been assembling here and the room is already quite 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:44.436 crowded. Early morning. Signal Corps radio man and technicians have been 00:00:44.469 --> 00:00:48.557 setting up microphones and lines to cover the ceremonies which have been 00:00:48.590 --> 00:00:51.876 set up and coordinated by Colonel George H. Bishop from the staff of 00:00:51.909 --> 00:00:56.427 Lieutenant General WD. Sire laugh Westpac, commanding general and his 00:00:56.460 --> 00:01:01.156 deputy commander, Major General Edmund H. Levy will conduct on behalf of 00:01:01.189 --> 00:01:05.206 General Douglas Macarthur surrender ceremonies. 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:08.426 General Yamashita and Vice Admiral Koji have entered the room with several 00:01:08.459 --> 00:01:13.107 members of their staff interpreters and Secretary the road time in general. 00:01:13.140 --> 00:01:18.607 It seems a little worse for his trip. He seems to have a good night sleep 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:21.906 and 00:01:21.939 --> 00:01:26.217 in a few moments we will see General wainwright and the other generals 00:01:26.250 --> 00:01:31.607 coming in from the left. 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:34.906 Howard Pyle has just arrived at General wainwright and his party directly 00:01:34.939 --> 00:01:39.536 from Yokohama. You've traveled pretty far in the last 24 hours. Right. You 00:01:39.569 --> 00:01:44.367 are john very thrilling experience that are being privilege to see the 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.897 signing on the battleship Missouri yesterday morning perhaps along about 00:01:48.930 --> 00:01:53.156 this hour or a little earlier. And then in the last 24 hours we have 00:01:53.189 --> 00:01:59.107 traveled some 2400 miles by C54 tracks And as a result, we are here for 00:01:59.140 --> 00:02:04.596 the 2nd Friday personally I feel a great faction because be the only 00:02:04.629 --> 00:02:09.636 broadcaster or should I say press, representative, press or radio who can 00:02:09.669 --> 00:02:13.946 say I believe that he has seen both of these ceremonies. Quite a contrast 00:02:13.979 --> 00:02:18.177 . I might add between the Missouri to this point. High mountains of 00:02:18.210 --> 00:02:25.807 northern Backyard, you know is 5000 ft up. Tokyo Bay is right on sea level. 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:30.066 Missouri yesterday was a crowded battleship. If ever I've seen one here. 00:02:30.099 --> 00:02:36.606 We have living room, the commissioner's house rather congested on my dad. 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:41.256 The number of persons who must congregate here in order to to make this 00:02:41.289 --> 00:02:47.696 picture complete official point of view. Our flight 2400 mi. We took off 00:02:47.729 --> 00:02:53.707 from that airstrip near Yokohama yesterday about noon. We traveled to 00:02:53.740 --> 00:03:01.117 Uwajima because of a phonetic typhoon wind that was normal And from Kojima 00:03:01.150 --> 00:03:05.557 , we flew in here last night arriving this morning about two ethnical 00:03:05.590 --> 00:03:10.906 field. The wainwright stood the trip beautifully and did. Lieutenant first 00:03:10.939 --> 00:03:13.307 of all. 00:03:13.340 --> 00:03:18.186 How do you have the official entry. General wainwright. General Star Comes 00:03:18.219 --> 00:03:24.707 in 1st. Mhm. General percival and general wainwright 00:03:24.740 --> 00:03:29.277 maybe standing immediately back at our microphones. The chairs being 00:03:29.310 --> 00:03:35.307 brought back. Now these high ranking officers with the japanese 00:03:35.340 --> 00:03:39.976 immediately opposite them at the table. First course you will. Mhm. Andra 00:03:40.009 --> 00:03:48.009 levy? 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:53.606 General levy? 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:55.807 Yeah, 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:59.307 Yeah. 00:03:59.340 --> 00:04:03.707 Mhm. Sure. 00:04:03.740 --> 00:04:10.106 Right. 00:04:10.139 --> 00:04:18.139 All right. Mhm. Mhm. 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:25.007 Yeah. 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:32.406 Mhm. Mhm. 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:36.707 Mhm. 00:04:36.740 --> 00:04:40.207 Mhm. 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:47.207 Mhm. 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:52.406 Yeah. 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:58.707 Mhm. 00:04:58.740 --> 00:05:01.106 Okay. 00:05:01.139 --> 00:05:04.906 Yeah, 00:05:04.939 --> 00:05:08.906 I'm worried about, 00:05:08.939 --> 00:05:13.007 yeah. 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:16.207 Mhm. 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:24.240 Yeah. 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:31.806 Yeah. Right. 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:37.406 Yeah. 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:45.439 Mhm. Yeah, 00:05:47.540 --> 00:05:55.540 man. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm, 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:05.106 mm. 00:06:05.139 --> 00:06:11.906 Yeah. 00:06:11.939 --> 00:06:17.106 Bye. Mhm. 00:06:17.139 --> 00:06:22.207 Yeah. Honey, 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:25.507 yep. Yeah. 00:06:25.540 --> 00:06:30.806 Yeah. Okay. 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:33.406 Thank you. 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:41.439 Yes. Right. Right. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah. 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:53.339 Right. Yeah. 00:06:57.939 --> 00:07:00.507 Okay. 00:07:00.540 --> 00:07:04.606 Mhm, 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:12.639 wow. Okay. Okay. 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:15.207 Yeah. 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:17.606 Yeah. 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:20.806 Right. 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:24.507 Yeah. Yeah. 00:07:24.540 --> 00:07:31.007 Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:33.306 Okay, 00:07:33.339 --> 00:07:41.339 mm. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. 00:07:43.540 --> 00:07:51.540 Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. 00:07:58.209 --> 00:08:04.007 Yeah. Okay. 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:09.339 Hey? Okay. Hey? Yeah.