Lt Col Anne Marie Doering -  American WAC
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Imperial Transportation  and  Emperior Hirohito

Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako's horse
drawn carriages. They appeared for 5 historic
minutes before thousands. (Read articles!!)


New York Times, Nov. 4, 1946
New York Times
Hirohito's public appearance and what
happened as he and the Empress tried to leave.

Banzai!  Time Magazine, Nov. 11, 1946
Hirohito's extraordinary day is detailed.

Declassified: MacArthur to Joint Chiefs of Staff, War Department, Jan. 1946
[Hirohito] is a symbol which unites all Japanese. Destroy him and the nation will desintegrate.
Read It

Constitution Crowd    Crowd
Huge crowds came to honor their Emperor


Constitution Day Transportation
Transportation


Walking to Plaza
Walk to Imperial Park


Crowd
Thousands of people


US and Allies March
Allied Troop Review


General MacArthur
General MacArthur
and other Officers


General's Armored Vehicle
A General, Armored
Vehicles, Tanks, etc


Troop Review
Troop Review photos
Imperial Palace

Japan WAC march
WAC's march


Young Group March
Young Group Buddhist
or Traditional Japan?


Reading Stage
Reading was in
Japanese and English


Reading of the Constitution
VIP, Very Important
Personnel, seats


News Crew Man
NBC turns down the
live broadcast airing

-not finished yet, I have better images of the reading ...