YAMASHITA NOW TAME
FORMER “TIGER OF MALAYA”. I N.Z. Press Association.—Copyright.) (Dec. 1.30 p.m.) MANILA, Sept. 2. Yamashita, the now tamed and docile “Tiger of Malaya”, is scheduled to surrender formally to General Wainwright at Baguio at 9.30 a.m. tomorrow. , Yamashita’s smiling, pleasant, courteous manner when lie surrendered to the Americans was a marked change from liis former blustering boastfulness. He wore a clean, worn uniform and a Samurai sword. He appeared in good condition, though lie has lost weight. He repeatedly expressed his gratitude for courtesies and good treatment at the hands of the Americans, who were drawn from the 32nd Division, which chased the Japanese from Buna to Northern Luzon. | General Wainwiight surrendered the remnants of his Cormgidor garrison to Yamashita on May 6, 1942, and has spent the years since then incarcerated in Manehukiiu.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 235, 3 September 1945, Page 2
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