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My father, Kenneth U. Pearson retired in 1960 from the USAF at the rank of major. My father never talked of his experiences during WWII and pass away in 1984 without telling me much of his experiences in the war. This is a small bit of information that I found in old photo albums, not all pictures have been posted here. One interesting bit of information that I discovered from going through his albums and corresponding with one of his fellow officer's from when they were stationed together in the pacific theater in the latter part of the war.  In his batch of pictures that I discovered were of a Mitsubishi Type 1 twin engine bomber that the allies dubbed the "Betty". This particular set of pictures showed Japanese soldiers boarding a US C-54. This is what I discovered about this set of pictures: The Japanese bomber was painted with a green cross on the tail and wings. After the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima the Japanese government sued for peace. The Japanese were told to mark this particular Betty as shown in the photographs and was told to fly on a particular path to the island of Ie Shima where they would deplane the Betty and continue their journey to see General Mac Arthur's staff. As I obtain more information I will post it here. My father had before the war enlisted and was a staff sergeant in the field artillery. After the war broke out he volunteered for the Army Air Corps and was assigned to conduct his basic flight training at Brook Army Air Field in San Antonio. When he graduated his wings were pinned on by General of the AAC General Hap Arnold.

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TO THE JAPANESE EMPEROR

THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT

THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL GENERAL HEADQUARTERS

FROM SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

PURSUANT TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS OF SURRENDER OF THE ALLIED POWERS BY THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN, THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT AND THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL HEADQUARTERS, THE SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS HEREBY DIRECTS THE IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES BY JAPANESE FORCES. THE SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS IS TO BE NOTIFIED AT ONCE OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND HOUR OF SUCH CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES, WHEREUPON ALLIED FORCES WILL BE DIRECTED TO CEASE HOSTILITIES.

THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ALLIED POWERS FURTHER DIRECTS THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT TO SEND TO HIS HEADQUARTERS AT MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, A COMPETENT REPRESENTATIVE EMPOWERED TO RECEIVE IN THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN, THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT AND THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL GENERAL HEADQUARTERS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR CARRYING INTO EFFECT THE TERMS OF SURRENDER. THE ABOVE REPRESENTATIVE WILL PRESENT TO THE SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS UPON HIS ARRIVAL A DOCUMENT AUTHENTICATED BY THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN, EMPOWERING HIM TO RECEIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS.

THE REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY COMPETENT ADVISORS REPRESENTING THE JAPANESE ARMY, THE JAPANESE NAVY AND THE JAPANESE AIR FORCES. THE LATTER ADVISOR WILL BE THOROUGHLY FAMILIAR WITH AIRDROME FACILITIES IN THE TOKYO AREA.

PROCEDURE FOR TRANSPORT OF THE ABOVE PARTY UNDER SAFE CONDUCT IS PRESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: PARTY WILL TRAVEL IN A JAPANESE AIRPLANE TO AN AIRDROME ON THE ISLAND OF IE SHIMA, FROM WHICH POINT THEY WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, IN A UNITED STATES AIRPLANE. THEY WILL BE RETURNED TO JAPAN IN THE SAME MANNER. PARTY WILL EMPLOY AN UNARMED AIRPLANE, TYPE ZERO MODEL 22, L2, D3. SUCH AIRPLANE WILL BE PAINTED ALL WHITE AND WILL BEAR UPON THE SIDES OF THE FUSELAGE AND TOP AND BOTTOM OF EACH WING GREEN CROSSES EASILY RECOGNIZABLE AT FIVE HUNDRED YARDS. THE AIRPLANE WILL BE CAPABLE OF INFLIGHT VOICE COMMUNICATIONS, IN ENGLISH, ON A FREQUENCY OF 6970 KILOCYCLES. AIRPLANE WILL PROCEED TO AN AIRDROME ON THE ISLAND OF IE SHIMA, IDENTIFIED BY TWO WHITE CROSSES PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. THE EXACT DATE AND HOUR THIS AIRPLANE WILL DEPART FROM SATA MISAKI, ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF KYUSHU, THE ROUTE AND ALTITUDE OF FLIGHT AND ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL IN IE SHIMA, WILL BE BROADCAST SIX HOURS IN ADVANCE, IN ENGLISH, FROM TOKYO ON A FREQUENCY OF 16125 KILOCYCLES. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY RADIO FROM THIS HEADQUARTERS OF THE RECEIPT OF SUCH BROADCAST IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF OF THE AIRPLANE. WEATHER PERMITTING, THE AIRPLANE WILL DEPART FROM SATA MISAKI BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 0800 AND 1100 TOKYO TIME ON THE 17TH DAY OF AUGUST 1945. IN COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING THIS FLIGHT, THE CODE DESIGNATION "BATAAN" WILL BE EMPLOYED. THE AIRPLANE WILL APPROACH IE SHIMA ON A COURSE OF 180 DEGREES AND CIRCLE

LANDING FIELD AT 1000 FEET OR BELOW THE CLOUD LAYER UNTIL JOINED BY AN ESCORT OF UNITED STATES ARMY P-38'S WHICH WILL LEAD IT TO A LANDING. SUCH ESCORT MAY JOIN THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT IE SHIMA.

MACARTHUR