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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-701293

Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945


Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, signs the Instrument of Surrender as United States Representative, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945.
Standing directly behind him are (left-to-right):
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur;
Admiral William F. Halsey, USN, and
Rear Admiral Forrest Sherman, USN.

Many of the other officers present are identified in 80-G-701293 (Complete Caption)".

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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29 January 1999