One of the Japanese harbour pilots who boarded US 3rd Fleet ships prior to their Sagami Bay entry making the trip from the destroyer Nicholas to the deck of the Missouri in Admiral Halsey's betasselled bosun's chair. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 8 Sep 1945, Page 2
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