![Colonel Lawrence Cosgrave signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the Dominion of Canada aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_55e53dd80bb3a.jpg) | ![General Yoshijiro Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_japansurrender15.jpg) |
Colonel Lawrence Cosgrave signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the Dominion of Canada aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945. | General Yoshijiro Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 4 |
![General Yoshijiro Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_umezu2.jpg) | ![General Yoshijiro Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 3 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_japansurrender91.jpg) |
General Yoshijiro Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 4 | General Yoshijiro Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 3 of 4 |
![General Yoshijiro Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 4 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5648407bf348d.jpg) | ![Lieutenant General Sutherland correcting Japanese surrender document, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_japansurrender8.jpg) |
General Yoshijiro Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 4 of 4 | Lieutenant General Sutherland correcting Japanese surrender document, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2 |
![MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_japansurrender26.jpg) | ![Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the surrender instrument aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_japansurrender25.jpg) |
MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 4 | Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the surrender instrument aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 4 |
![Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the surrender instrument aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 4 of 4](/images/imagemagick/tmb_55e543317c3d1.jpg) | ![Nimitz signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_japansurrender16.jpg) |
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 |
![Nimitz signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_nimitz33.jpg) | ![Signature page of the Japanese instrument of surrender](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_japansurrender56.jpg) |
Nimitz signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2 | Signature page of the Japanese instrument of surrender |
![The Japanese delegation departing the USS Missouri’s starboard verandah deck after signing the instruments of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945](/images/imagemagick/tmb_55e53efe47f8a.jpg) | ![Xu Yongchang signing the surrender document on behalf of China aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 5](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_japansurrender9.jpg) |
The Japanese delegation departing the USS Missouri’s starboard verandah deck after signing the instruments of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945 | Xu Yongchang signing the surrender document on behalf of China aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 5 |
![Replica of the Japanese instrument of surrender on display at the West Point Museum, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, United States, 22 Sep 2007](/images/imagemagick/tmb_other_westpoint2.jpg) | |
Replica of the Japanese instrument of surrender on display at the West Point Museum, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, United States, 22 Sep 2007 | |