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Photo #: 80-G-386390

Surrender of Japan, 1945


Lieutenant General Yoshio Tachibana, Japanese Army, prepares to sign documents surrendering the Bonin Islands, 3 September 1945, off Chichi Jima, on board USS Dunlap (DD-384). A U.S. Army interpreter is assisting him.
Japanese officers standing behind LtG. Tachibana are (left to right): Lieutenant Commander I. Shinoda, Major Y. Horie, Captain J. Sato and Captain S. Terasawa.
At the extreme left is Lieutenant David C. McMillion, USN.

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

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1 March 1999