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General Douglas MacArthur speaking aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, 3 of 4

Caption   General Douglas MacArthur speaking aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, 3 of 4 ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   SC 213704
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Photos on Same Day 2 Sep 1945
Photos at Same Place Tokyo, Japan
Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 7 Sep 2006

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1. Commenter identity confirmed C. Peter Chen says:
4 May 2009 04:07:20 AM

Officers behind MacArthur, left to right:

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, United States (off camera);
General Hsu Yung-chang, China;
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, United Kingdom;
Lieutenant General Kuzma Derevyanko, Soviet Union;
General Sir Thomas Blamey, Australia;
Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canada;
General Philippe LeClerc, France;
Admiral Conrad E. L. Helfrich, The Netherlands;
Air Vice Marshall Leonard M. Isitt, New Zealand;
Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, United States

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