Gen. Douglas MacArthur with Gen. Richard Sutherland (left) and Col. Lloyd Lehrbas (second from left) walks through the surf to the beach at Lingayen, Luzon, the Philippines, Jan. 9, 1945.

The photo, taken on Sept. 3, 1945, shows a World War II soldier from Syracuse, Bernard "Bud" Stapleton raising the first American flag over Tokyo, just one day after the formal Japanese surrender.