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Colonel Lawrence Cosgrave signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the Dominion of Canada aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945.

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
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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Photo Size 463 x 600 pixels
Photos in Series See all 2 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 2 Sep 1945
Photos at Same Place Tokyo, Japan
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
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.

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