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Forward view of a Ki-48 aircraft, Noshiro Airfield, Akita, Japan, 14 Sep 1945; note the removal of the port side propeller per surrender agreement	German He-162 Volksjäger on public display after the war in Hyde Park, London, England, United Kingdom, 14 Sep 1945

Japanese liaison party aboard destroyer USS Cummings as part of the occupation process at Higashi Harbor, Haha Jima, Bonin Islands, 14 Sep 1945.	Japanese liaison party boarding destroyer USS Cummings as part of the occupation process at Higashi Harbor, Haha Jima, Bonin Islands, 14 Sep 1945. Note Daihatsu landing craft with white flag.

Jonathan Wainwright decorated with Medal of Honor by US President Harry Truman, 14 Sep 1945	Soldiers of Australian 37/52 Infantry Battalion posing with captured Japanese Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tanks, near Lakunai airstrip and Rabaul, New Britain, Solomon Islands, 14 Sep 1945

Carriers Saratoga, Enterprise, Hornet, and San Jacinto, Alameda, California, Sep 1945	Emaciated Japanese naval personnel at Marshall Islands after Japan's surrender, probably Wotje or Maloelap, 15 Sep 1945

Former American prisoners of war aboard USS Block Island en route from Taiwan to Philippine Islands, Sep 1945	Japanese-American troops of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team at an awards ceremony at 'Yankee Stadium', Livorno, Italy, Sep 1945

Japanese-American troops of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team marching at a review, Livorno, Italy, Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2	Japanese-American troops of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team marching at a review, Livorno, Italy, Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2

José Laurel being questioned by US Army non-commissioned officer of Filipino ethnicity Staff Sergeant Van Millori at No. 2 Osaka Airport, Osaka, Japan, 15 Sep 1945	Two US soldiers looking down a row of 'dragon's teeth' concrete tank obstacles on the Westwall, northwestern Germany, 15 Sep 1944

USS Makin Island (foreground), a Cleveland-class light cruiser (center), and a Haven-class hospital ship (furthest from camera) in Wakanoura Bay, Wakayama, Japan during the evacuation of Allied prisoners of war, mid-Sep 1945	British Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt reading the terms of surrender to the Japanese representatives, Government House, Hong Kong, 16 Sep 1945. At left is Chinese Major General Pan Hwa Kuei and far left is Adm Bruce Fraser

British Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt receiving the sword of Japanese Army Major General Umekichi Okada during the Hong Kong surrender ceremony, Government House, Hong Kong, 16 Sep 1945.	Instrument of Surrender of Japanese forces in Hong Kong signed 16 Sep 1945 by Royal Navy Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt and Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita and Army Major General Umekichi Okada

Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita arriving at Government House, Hong Kong, for the surrender ceremonies while escorted by a Royal Marine, 16 Sep 1945. Note Thompson M1A1.	Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita signing the Instrument of Surrender of Japanese forces in and around Hong Kong, Government House, Hong Kong, 16 Sep 1945