US Army Air Force

First Americans to land in Japan

NITTAGAHARA, KYUSHU, JAPAN 25 AUGUST 1945: AVSIG member Lt. Col. Clay Tice, Jr. (Left Kneeling) F/O Douglass C. Hall (Right) RB-17 Crew (in between) Two Japanese Army officers (one on left surrendered sword to Tice) MacArthur landed in Tokyo 30 August 1945