American troops watch as a Japanese envoy aircraft comes in to land, in a photograph that likely documents one of the most consequential flights of World War II. On 19 August 1945, Japanese bombers stripped of camouflage and marked with green crosses flew Japanese surrender delegates to Ie Shima, near Okinawa, to be transferred for negotiations with General MacArthur's headquarters in Manila — a pivotal step toward the formal end of the war in the Pacific. Project: 218478