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Recently liberated American prisoners of war at Aomori camp near Yokohama, Japan, circa 29 Aug 1945	US flag raising at Yokosuka Navy Base, Japan, 29 Aug 1945

USS Natoma Bay and USS Anzio at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 29 Aug 1947	USS Proteus, I-400, I-401, and I-14, Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Aug 1945

USS Proteus, I-401, and I-14, Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Aug 1945	USS Sunfish flies her battle flag as she departs Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 29 Aug 1945; USS Pompon in foreground, photo taken from USS Pipefish

Battleship USS Missouri in Sagami Wan, Japan, 30 Aug 1945. Note Mount Fuji, Missouri flying Admiral William Halsey’s four-star flag at the after mast, and the US flag at the unusual location on the main mast.	Bow of the battleship USS Missouri in Sagami Wan, Japan, 30 Aug 1945. Note the Jack flying from the jackstaff and Mount Fuji between Missouri’s bow and anchor chain.

British troops disembarking at Hong Kong, 30 Aug 1945	Ceremony at the Cenotaph at Central, Hong Kong marking the liberation of Hong Kong, 30 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 4

Ceremony at the Cenotaph at Central, Hong Kong marking the liberation of Hong Kong, 30 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 4	Ceremony at the Cenotaph at Central, Hong Kong marking the liberation of Hong Kong, 30 Aug 1945, photo 3 of 4

Ceremony at the Cenotaph at Central, Hong Kong marking the liberation of Hong Kong, 30 Aug 1945, photo 4 of 4	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	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	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	Japanese working party rigging the gangway for USS San Diego, Yokosuka, Japan, 30 Aug 1945