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J. Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves at the Trinity test site during a press visit, New Mexico, United States, 1 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2	11th Airborne Division Reconnaissance Battalion honor guards presented arms as Allied represented arrived to board destroyer Buchanan for battleship Missouri, 2 Sep 1945

Admiral Bruce Fraser arriving aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945	Admiral Conrad E. L. Helfrich signing the Japanese surrender document on behalf of the Netherlands aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945; note MacArthur next to Helfrich. Photo 1 of 2.

Admiral Conrad E. L. Helfrich signing the Japanese surrender document on behalf of the Netherlands aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945; note MacArthur next to Helfrich. Photo 2 of 2.	Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the United Kingdom aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 3

Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the United Kingdom aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 3	Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the United Kingdom aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 3 of 3

Aerial photograph of battleship Missouri during the Tokyo Bay surrender ceremony, 2 Sep 1945	Air Vice-Marshal L.M. Isitt signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the Dominion of New Zealand aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945

American aircraft fly over USS Missouri after the surrender, photo 1 of 3	American aircraft fly over USS Missouri after the surrender, photo 2 of 3

American aircraft fly over USS Missouri after the surrender, photo 3 of 3	B-29 bombers flew in formation over battleship Missouri, during the Japanese surrender ceremonies, 2 Sep 1945

Chester Nimitz, Xu Yongchang, Bruce Fraser, Kuzma Derevyanko, and Thomas Blamey behind Douglas MacArthur aboard USS Missouri during the surrender ceremony, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945.	Chinese Free Mason members in the victory parade, De la Gauchetière Street, Montreal, Canada, 2 Sep 1945

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

Douglas MacArthur disembarking destroyer USS Buchanan at Yokohama, Japan after being transferred ashore from the USS Missouri where the Japanese surrender was signed, 2 Sep 1945	Douglas MacArthur giving a pen to Arthur Percival to sign the Japanese surrender document, aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945