Photo #: USA C-4626 (Color) Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945 Japanese Foreign Ministry representatives Katsuo Okazaki and Toshikazu Kase, and Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army, correcting an error on the Japanese copy of the Instrument of Surrender, at the conclusion of the surrender ceremonies, 2 September 1945. Photographed looking forward from USS Missouri's superstructure. Note the relaxed stance of most of those around the surrender table. The larger ship in the right distance is USS Ancon (AGC-4). Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Image posted 28 January 1999
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