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| MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 4 | MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 4 |
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| MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 4 of 4 | Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the surrender instrument aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 4 |
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| Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the surrender instrument aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 4 | Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the surrender instrument aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 3 of 4 |
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| Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the surrender instrument aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 4 of 4 | Nimitz signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Nimitz signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2 | One page from the USS Missouri deck log for 2 Sep 1945 listing many of the dignitaries who came aboard for the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, Japan. |
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| Rear Adm Byrd arrived aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, 2 Sep 1945 | Signature page of the Japanese instrument of surrender |
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| Silhouette of USS Iowa, as seen from USS Missouri, in Tokyo Bay during the Japanese surrender ceremonies, Tokyo, Japan, 2 Sep 1945. Iowa was the Fleet’s lead communications ship at the time. | Stilwell aboard a destroyer en route to Japanese surrender, Tokyo Bay, 2 Sep 1945 |
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| Submarine tender Proteus with submarines of US Navy Submarine Squadron 20, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945 | The Japanese delegation arriving aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, Photo 1 of 7 |
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| The Japanese delegation arriving aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, Photo 2 of 7 | The Japanese delegation arriving aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, Photo 3 of 7 |
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| The Japanese delegation arriving aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, Photo 4 of 7 | The Japanese delegation arriving aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, Photo 5 of 7 |
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