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MISSION in TOKYO BAY: MacArthur Wanted Surrender – And To Hear Army-Navy Game

MISSION in TOKYO BAY MacArthur Wanted Surrender –  And To Hear Army-Navy Game By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – At the end of World War II, Sgt. Wallace Low remembers a particular assignment while stationed with his communications unit in Yokohama Bay to handle communications during the Japanese surrender. “General (Douglas) MacArthur wanted to listen to the Army-Navy football game,” he said. “Our orders were to set up the receivers so that he could get the entire…
May 22, 2019

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