Sakae Oba Surrending His Sword to Colonel Kurgis

Japanese Imperial Army Capt. Sakae Oba surrenders his samurai sword to Lt. Col. Howard C. Kurgis, USMC, of Cawker City, Kan., on Saipan. Oba and 46 other Japanese soldiers and sailors finally gave up after hiding out in the jungles and coral caves of Saipan for almost 17 months. They were last of once-mighty force of 30,000 Japanese military personnel either killed or captured since American forces invaded, June 15, 1944.