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Dr. Nagai of Nagasaki Hospital inspecting damage caused by the atomic bomb, Nagasaki, Japan, 1945; Nagai would die of radiation poisoning a few days after this photo was taken	Hideki Tojo being treated by Americans at SCAP hospital in Tokyo, Japan after his failed suicide attempt, 11 Sep 1945

Hideki Tojo receiving medical treatment after his failed suicide attempt, Japan, 11 Sep 1945	Hideki Tojo semiconscious after a failed suicide attempt, Japan, 11 Sep 1945

Battleship Nagato, Yokosuka, Japan, 12 Sep 1945	Louis Mountbatten and his Chiefs of Staff entering the Municipal Buildings in Singapore for the surrender ceremony, 12 Sep 1945

Louis Mountbatten at the surrender ceremony, Municipal Building, Singapore, 12 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2	Louis Mountbatten at the surrender ceremony, Municipal Building, Singapore, 12 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2

Louis Mountbatten inspecting British Royal Navy Guard of Honour outside the Minicipal Building, Singapore prior to the surrender ceremony, 12 Sep 1945	Louis Mountbatten inspecting men of British Royal Air Force Regiment outside the Municipal Building, Singapore prior to the surrender ceremony, 12 Sep 1945

Louis Mountbatten reading surrender terms to Japanese representatives at the surrender ceremony at Municipal Building, Singapore, 12 Sep 1945	Recently freed internees of Stanley Internment Camp purchasing newspapers, Hong Kong, 12 Sep 1945

Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten delivering an address at the Municipal Building, Singapore, 12 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2; note William Slim, Raymond Wheeler, and Keith Park	Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten delivering an address at the Municipal Building, Singapore, 12 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2; note William Slim, Raymond Wheeler, and Keith Park

Australian soldier Frederick Bishop driving Japanese Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi to the Wom Airstrip, New Guinea for the formal New Guinea surrender ceremony, 13 Sep 1945	Enterprise making 20 knots during post-overhaul trials, Puget Sound, 13 Sep 1945

Japanese General Hatazo Adachi, circa 13 Sep 1945	Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi symbolically surrendered his sword to Australian Major General H. C. H. Robertson at Wom Airstrip, New Guinea, 13 Sep 1945

US Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo truck carrying airfield support supplies exiting USS LST-475 beached at Yokohama, Japan, 13 Sep 1945; the ship was the first LST landing in Japan after surrender	Forward view of a Ki-48 aircraft, Noshiro Airfield, Akita, Japan, 14 Sep 1945; note the removal of the port side propeller per surrender agreement