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Description 80-G-332700: Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945. Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945. Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army, watches from the opposite side of the table. General Douglas A. MacArthur was commenting on the activities. Foreign Ministry representative Toshikazu Kase is assisting Mr. Shigemitsu. Photographed from atop Missouri's 16-inch gun turret # 2. Facing the table are: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN (partial);Representative of China, General Hsu Yung-chang; Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, RN, United Kingdom; Lieutenant General Kuzma Derevyanko, Soviet Union; General Sir Thomas Blamey, Australia Photographed by Lieutenant C.A. Poots. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/17).
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/22698260067 (archive). It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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