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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-377111

Surrender of Japan, 1945


USS Bougainville (CVE-100) crewmen celebrate after listening to the announcement of Japan's surrender, 14 August 1945. Their ship was then transporting aircraft to the central Pacific.

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

Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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12 February 1999