| Caption | Japanese copy of the Instrument of Surrender signed aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 Sep 1945. Note General Sutherland’s handwritten corrections after Col Lawrence Cosgrave of Canada signed on the wrong line ww2dbase | |||||||
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
| Added Date | 25 May 2014 | |||||||
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The Japanese copy of the Instrument of Surrender is currently housed in the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, Japan