| Caption | Colonel Lawrence Cosgrave signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the Dominion of Canada aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945. ww2dbase | ||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 2 Sep 1945 | ||||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||
| Added Date | 25 May 2014 | ||||||||||
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25 May 2015 11:00:32 PM
Note MacArthur interrupting Cosgrave, which may have created enough of a distraction that Cosgrave placed his second signature, on the Japanese copy, one line below its proper place.