American servicemen crowd near the nose of a Japanese "Green Cross" envoy bomber shortly after its arrival at Ie Shima on 19 August 1945. The aircraft, one of two dispatched under Allied safe-conduct terms, carried Japanese representatives who would continue on to Manila to receive the formal terms of surrender from General MacArthur's command. This ground-level view captures the mix of curiosity and historic gravity felt by American troops witnessing the war's end firsthand. Project: 218235