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| Chester Nimitz, William Halsey, Oscar Badger, and Edwin Layton listening to Japanese doctor Y. Kimura during a tour of Yokosuka naval hospital, 30 Aug 1945. The hospital had been converted to treat Allied POWs. | Cruiser HMS Swiftsure in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, off North Point, 30 Aug 1945 |
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| Douglas MacArthur arriving at Atsugi Airfield near Tokyo, Japan, 30 Aug 1945; note Major General Joseph Swing, Lieutenat General Richard Sutherland, and General Robert Eichelberger | Fireworks display during the victory celebration in Hong Kong, 30 Aug 1945; taken by HMCS Ontario Leading Photographer Sydney H. Draper |
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| Flag raising ceremony, Stanley Internment Camp, Hong Kong, 30 Aug 1945 | Japanese personnel standing in formation during the surrender of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 30 Aug 1945 |
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| Japanese working party rigging the gangway for USS San Diego, Yokosuka, Japan, 30 Aug 1945 | Men of 4th Regiment of 6th Division of US Marine Corps landing via a LCVP from USS Waukesha at Yokosuka, Japan, 30 Aug 1945; note 75mm pack howitzer, battleship Nagato (background), and Yokosuka Naval Arsenal (right edge of photograph) |
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| Military aircraft flying over Hong Kong during the victory celebration, 30 Aug 1945; photo taken by HMCS Ontario Leading Photographer Sydney H. Draper | New Mexico anchored in the Tokyo Bay area with Mount Fuji in background, circa late Aug 1945 |
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| Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney at Yokosuka Naval Base to accept the surrender of the base, Yokosuka, Japan, 30 Aug 1945 | The atomic bomb survivor's skin was burned in a pattern corresponding to the dark portions of her kimono worn at the time of the explosion, Aug 1945 |
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| The first US flag raising in Japan, Fort No. 2 on the coast of Tokyo Bay, Japan, 30 Aug 1945 | US Marines destroying Japanese weaopns at Futtsusaki Point near Yokosuka Navy Base, 30 Aug 1945 |
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| USS Horace A. Bass and battleship Nagato, Yokosuka, Japan, 30 Aug 1945 | USS Missouri leading USS Iowa into Tokyo Bay, Japan, 30 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2; note destroyer USS Nicholas in escort |
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| USS Missouri leading USS Iowa into Tokyo Bay, Japan, 30 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2; note USS Nicholas and USS O'Bannon in escort | USS San Diego at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 30 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2 |
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| USS San Diego at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 30 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2 | Vice Admiral Michitoro Tozuka immediately after formally surrendering the Yokosuka Naval Base to US Navy Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney, Yokosuka, Japan, 30 Aug 1945 |
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