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The Japanese instrument of surrender signed in Nanjing, China on 9 Sep 1945	US flag being raised during the surrender ceremony at the General Government Building, Seoul, Korea, 9 Sep 1945

Yasuji Okamura and other Japanese officers at the surrender ceremony at the auditorium of the Chinese Military Academy, Nanjing, China, 9 Sep 1945	Yasuji Okamura and the Japanese delegation departing from the site of the Japanese surrender ceremony, Nanjing, China, 9 Sep 1945

Yasuji Okamura signing the surrender document, Nanjing, China, 9 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2	Yasuji Okamura signing the surrender document, Nanjing, China, 9 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2

Lieutenant General Masao Baba en route to the official surrender ceremony, Labuan island, North Borneo, 10 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 3	Lieutenant General Masao Baba en route to the official surrender ceremony, Labuan, Borneo, 10 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 3

Lieutenant General Masao Baba en route to the official surrender ceremony, Labuan, Borneo, 10 Sep 1945, photo 3 of 3	Dr. Nagai of Nagasaki Hospital inspecting damage caused by the atomic bomb, Nagasaki, Japan, 1945; Nagai would die of radiation poisoning a few days after this photo was taken

Louis Mountbatten and his Chiefs of Staff entering the Municipal Buildings in Singapore for the surrender ceremony, 12 Sep 1945	Louis Mountbatten at the surrender ceremony, Municipal Building, Singapore, 12 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2

Louis Mountbatten at the surrender ceremony, Municipal Building, Singapore, 12 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2	Louis Mountbatten inspecting British Royal Navy Guard of Honour outside the Minicipal Building, Singapore prior to the surrender ceremony, 12 Sep 1945

Louis Mountbatten inspecting men of British Royal Air Force Regiment outside the Municipal Building, Singapore prior to the surrender ceremony, 12 Sep 1945	Louis Mountbatten reading surrender terms to Japanese representatives at the surrender ceremony at Municipal Building, Singapore, 12 Sep 1945

Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten delivering an address at the Municipal Building, Singapore, 12 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2; note William Slim, Raymond Wheeler, and Keith Park	Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten delivering an address at the Municipal Building, Singapore, 12 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2; note William Slim, Raymond Wheeler, and Keith Park

Australian soldier Frederick Bishop driving Japanese Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi to the Wom Airstrip, New Guinea for the formal New Guinea surrender ceremony, 13 Sep 1945	Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi symbolically surrendered his sword to Australian Major General H. C. H. Robertson at Wom Airstrip, New Guinea, 13 Sep 1945