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Photo #: 80-G-331688

Surrender of Japan, 1945


Admiral William F. Halsey, Commander, Third Fleet, and other senior U.S. and British Navy officers toast the end of World War II, aboard USS Missouri (BB-63), 22 August 1945.
Those present are (left to right):
Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN;
Captain J.P.L. Reid, RN;
Vice Admiral Sir Bernard Rawlings, RN;
Admiral Halsey;
Vice Admiral John S. McCain, USN, and
Rear Admiral Wilder D. Baker, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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12 February 1999