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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	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

Douglas MacArthur embracing Jonathan Wainwright, Hotel New Grand, Yokohama, Japan, 31 Aug 1945	Japanese pilot Lieutenant H. Nomura aboard USS West Virginia to help with the navigation of Tokyo Bay, Japan, 31 Aug 1945

A Russian family (Mrs. Mary Mescheriakoff, son Tom, and daughter) at a internment camp in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Sep 1945	A7M2 Reppu fighter at rest in a hangar, Yokosuka, Japan, Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2

A7M2 Reppu fighter at rest in a hangar, Yokosuka, Japan, Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2	Aerial photo taken by aircrews from USS Yorktown (Essex-class) of prisoner of war camps in Japan, Aug or Sep 1945. Note rooftop markings by POWs.

Aerial photo taken by USS Hancock aircraft showing the Japanese battleship Nagato off the Yokosuka Navy Yard, Tokyo Bay, Japan, Aug-Sep 1945	American captives at Hakodate Branch Camp No. 3 in Hokkaido, Japan waving at a circling US aircraft, 1945

American captives at Hakodate Branch Camp No. 3, Hokkaido, Japan, 1945	Art vendor, Tokyo, Japan, Sep 1945

Captured Type 4 Chi-To medium tank, Japan, late-1945	Civilians and two USS Chenango crewmen lining up for trolley, Ginza Street, Sasebo, Japan, Sep 1945

Civilians at a rail station, Hiroshima, Japan, Sep 1945	Demobilized Japanese soldiers and civilians aboard a train in Hiroshima, Japan, Sep 1945

Demobilized Japanese soldiers and civilians aboard a train in Hiroshima, Japan, Sep 1945	Demobilized Japanese soldiers and civilians at a rail station, Japan, Sep 1945

Demobilized Japanese soldiers at a train station in Hiroshima, Japan, Sep 1945	Devastated Osaka, Japan, circa Sep 1945; note Nankai Namba Station at far left of photo, Matsuzakaya Osaka store (now Takashimaya Higashi Annex) at bottom right edge, and Osaka Kabukiza Theater at center