Seated at the right side of the end of the table is Colonel Volckmann, the lowest-ranking Allied delegate at the conference table during the surrender of Japanese forces in the Philippines, 3 September 1945. From left of table to right is Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, LT. Gen. Wilhelm Styer, Maj. Gen. Edmond S. Leavey, Lt. Gen. Arthur Percival (British Army), Maj. Gen. Walter Wood, Maj. Gen. Robert Beightler, Commodore Norman Gillette, Brig. Gen. Robert McBride, and Col. Russell Volckmann. (National Archives)

Seated at the right side of the end of the table is Colonel Volckmann, the lowest-ranking Allied delegate at the conference table during the surrender of Japanese forces in the Philippines, 3 September 1945. From left of table to right is Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, LT. Gen. Wilhelm Styer, Maj. Gen. Edmond S. Leavey, Lt. Gen. Arthur Percival (British Army), Maj. Gen. Walter Wood, Maj. Gen. Robert Beightler, Commodore Norman Gillette, Brig. Gen. Robert McBride, and Col. Russell Volckmann. (National Archives)