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US transports entering Tokyo Bay, Japan, 21 Sep 1945	A Kairyu-class submarine outside her cave hideaway, Japan, 22 Sep 1945; the men were crew of American cruiser Boston

Chinese General Hu Zongnang reading the Japanese surrender document, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, 22 Sep 1945	Devastated city of Sasebo, Japan, 23 Sep 1945

A pile of rubble from a destroyed Buddhist Temple in Nagasaki, Japan, 24 Sep 1945	Lu Han in Hanoi, French Indochina, late Sep 1945

Junyo at Sasebo, Japan, with Ha-210 and another Ha-201-class submarine at her side, Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945	Junyo moored at Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2

Junyo moored at Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2	View from the island of Junyo's aft aircraft elevator, Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945; note two HA-201-class submarines in background

View from the island of Junyo's forward aircraft elevator, Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945; note US Navy LSTs in background	View of Junyo's island, Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945; note radar antennas and outward-raked smokestack

Douglas MacArthur with Emperor Showa, Tokyo, Japan, 27 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2	Douglas MacArthur with Emperor Showa, Tokyo, Japan, 27 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2

Aerial view of devastated Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, 28 Sep 1945; note Senso-ji temple	Aerial view of the Imperial Palace and neighborhoods to its east, Tokyo, Japan, 28 Sep 1945

Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945	Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz presenting Admiral William Halsey with a gold star in lieu of a fourth award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal aboard USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor, 28 Sep 1945.

Japanese tank crew bringing a Type 95 Ha-Go light tank to men of Australian 2/4 Armoured Regiment after surrendering Rapopo Airfield, New Britain, Solomon Islands, 28 Sep 1945	Lieutenant General Lu Han at the Japanese surrender ceremony for northern French Indochina in Hanoi, 28 Sep 1945