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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-377102

Surrender of Japan, 1945


A soldier and his family read early newspaper reports of Japan's surrender, while walking in Washington, DC, on 14 August 1945, shortly before the official announcement.
Photographed by Chief Petty Officer Smith.

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

Online Image: 66KB; 630 x 665 pixels

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12 February 1999