Drawing room

Original pencil sketch, dated by Murphy, of the American Embassy in Tokyo's drawing room. Notation as to where Hirohito and MacArthur sat for their famous conference. Original pencil sketch, dated by Murphy, of the American Embassy in Tokyo's drawing room. Notation as to where Hirohito and MacArthur sat for their famous conference. Murphy joined the New York 7th Regiment in 1940 and trained at Camp Stewart, Georgia. He sailed to Australia in 1943 and served on General MacArthur's staff. Later he went to New Guinea and the Philippines before moving on to Japan following the surrender.

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Original record: Drawing room
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1945
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Murphy, John Cullen, 1919-2004 (artist)
Subject(s): Camp Stewart, Georgia
Embassy (Japan)
New York 7th Regiment
Sketches
United States
Type: still image

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