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Zo794. Statue of General Wainwright, Wainwright VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, January 2010 HistoryLink.org Photo by Michael Paulus

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Zo787. Gen Wainwright and Gen Homma. For almost a half hour the six Americans waited tensely on the open porch of the house, facing Manila Bay, a short distance away. It was a windy day and from the beach rose a dense cloud of sand and dust. The only Japanese who approached was an orderly who brought cold water, which they accepted gratefully. Finally, a group of photographers arrived and the Americans were ordered to line up on the lawn to have their pictures taken. They were still there at 1700 when General Homma drove up in a Cadillac, saluted with a vague flourish of the hand, and strode up to the porch. Behind him were his principal staff officers, correspondents, and more photographers. The Americans followed silently.

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Zo786. Jonathan Mayhew “Skinny” Wainwright IV (August 23, 1883 – September 2, 1953) was a career American army officer and the commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to the Empire of Japan during World War II. Wainwright is a recipient of the Medal of Honor. Image and text, courtesy of the above Wikipedia URL.

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Zo785. Photo #: NH 97276 Surrender of Japanese Forces in the Philippines, 1945 Surrender ceremonies at Baguio, Luzon, on 3 September 1945. The Japanese commander, General Tomoyuki Yamashita, is seated in the middle on the near side of the table. Seated on the opposite side, second from left, is Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright, U.S. Army. Toward the right end of the table, immediately to the left of Gen. Yamashita’s head, is Commodore Norman C. Gillette, USN, Deputy Commander, Philippine Sea Frontier. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Image and text, courtesy of the above Wikipedia URL.

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Zo784. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright greet each other at the New Grand Hotel, Yokohama, Japan on August 31, 1945, in their first meeting since they parted on Corregidor more than three years before. Image and text, courtesy of the above Wikipedia URL.

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Zo783. American generals in captivity, July 1942. Seated, left to right: Generals Moore, King, and Wainwright; two Japanese officers; Generals Parker and Jones. Standing, left to right: Japanese messenger; Generals Lough, Funk, Weaver, Brougher, Beebe, Bluemel, Drake, McBride, and Pierce; Colonel Hoffman (interpreter); and two Japanese soldiers. Image and text, courtesy of the above Wikipedia URL.

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Zo782. Wainwright ordering the surrender of the Philippines and watched by a Japanese censor. Image and text, courtesy of the above Wikipedia URL.

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Zo788. General Jonathan Wainwright with B-29 Superfortress “Bataan Avenger,” LaGrande, Oregon, November 9, 1945 Courtesy Amvets Jonathan M. Wainwright Post 1111, Walla Walla.

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USAT U.S. Grant (Transport, 1919-1941) was once a German ship.

Online Library of Selected Images: https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-us-cs/army-sh/usash-sz/us-grant.htm

— SHIPS of the UNITED STATES ARMY —
USAT U.S. Grant (Transport, 1919-1941).
Named Madawaska until 1922
The U.S. Army Transport U.S. Grant (of 9410 gross tons) was originally the German commercial steamer König Wilhelm II, built at Stettin, Germany in 1907. She served as USS Madawaska during and after World War I and was transferred to the War Department in early September 1919. Initially retaining that name as a U.S. Army Transport, she carried Czechoslovak troops from Siberia to Europe in 1920. Modified at New York for regular Army trooping service in 1921-1922, she was renamed U.S. Grant in June 1922.

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Zo780. 1940-11-2 HONOLULU ADVERTISER under ARMY WON’T EVACUATE. This is one of 3 images of Gen. Wainwright, found and provided by John Duresky for his research for a book on Army Lt Chester K Britt.