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| Damage crews dousing the flames after a P-47N Thunderbolt of the 413th Fighter Squadron belly-landed at Central Field, Iwo Jima, Japan, 7 Sep 1945. | George Patton and Georgy Zhukov, Berlin, Germany, 7 Sep 1945 |
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| Ha-102, Ha-104, and Ha-101 (listed left to right) at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 7 Sep 1945; note five Kairyu submarines on left side of photograph | I-369 (center left), RO-58 (center), three Kairyu-class midget submarines (alongside RO-58), and Ha-101 (far left, mostly obscured) at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 7 Sep 1945 |
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| I-369 and RO-58 at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 7 Sep 1945; note the three Kairyu-class submarines at right | Japanese surrender ceremony at the headquarters of US 10th Army, Okinawa, Japan, 7 Sep 1945; note Japanese guns by flagpole, US M26 heavy tanks lower left, US self-propelled guns upper left |
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| Lieutenant General Stilwell accepted Japanese surrender at US Tenth Army Headquarters, Okinawa, 7 Sep 1945. Note Japanese commander Lt General Toshiro Nomi at left in pith helmet. | Lt General Toshiro Nomi (in pith helmet) at US 10th Army headquarters to formally surrender all Japanese forces in the Ryukyu Islands to US Lt General Joseph Stillwell, Yontan, Okinawa, Japan, 7 Sep 1945 |
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| Lt General Toshiro Nomi signing the formal surrender all Japanese forces in the Ryukyu Islands to US Lt General Joseph Stillwell at US 10th Army headquarters, Yontan, Okinawa, Japan, 7 Sep 1945 | Koryu Type D submarine at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 8 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 3 |
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| Koryu Type D submarine at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 8 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 3 | Koryu Type D submarine at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 8 Sep 1945, photo 3 of 3 |
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| Leaflets dropped by Royal New Zealand Air Force on Nauru and Ocean Island (now Banaba), 8 Sept 1945. The leaflets urge Japanese soldiers to stop fighting and surrender. Page 1 of 2. | Leaflets dropped by Royal New Zealand Air Force on Nauru and Ocean Island (now Banaba), 8 Sept 1945. The leaflets urge Japanese soldiers to stop fighting and surrender. Page 2 of 2. |
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| Men of Chinese 67th Division raising the Chinese flag at the Chinese occupation headquarters in Osaka, Japan, 8 Sep 1945 | PT-377, an 80-foot Elco boat with MTB Squadron 27, transporting Vice Admiral Michiaki Kamada (not pictured) and staff to the signing of the Japanese surrender of Borneo aboard HMAS Burdekon in Makassar Strait, 8 Sep 1945 |
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| PT-377, an 80-foot Elco boat with MTB Squadron 27, transporting Vice Admiral Michiaki Kamada (seated) and staff to the signing of the Japanese surrender of Borneo aboard HMAS Burdekon in Makassar Strait, 8 Sep 1945 | TBM-3E Avenger of Marine Squadron VMTB-132 prepares for catapult launch from USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) for a mission over Kyushu, Japan, 8 Sept 1945 |
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| US troops in Seoul, Korea, 8 Sep 1945 | Vice Admiral Michiaki Kamada (far left) surrendering Japanese Naval forces on Borneo to Australian Major General Edward Milford aboard HMAS Burdekon in Makassar Strait, 8 Sep 1945. |
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