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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-338470

Peace Celebrations at Naval Amphibious Base, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 15 August 1945


Members of the 22nd Special Naval Construction Battalion cheering news of Japan's acceptance of peace terms.
Note sign: "War is over! Good-Bye Pacific. Hello USA".

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

Online Image: 126KB; 740 x 600 pixels

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6 December 1998