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Photo #: 80-G-490414

Sagami Wan, Japan


The sun sets behind Mount Fujiyama on 27 August 1945, as seen from USS Missouri anchored in Sagami Wan, outside of Tokyo Bay. Ships of the U.S. Third Fleet and the British Pacific Fleet are in the distance. Closest to the camera, in center, is HMS Duke of York, with HMS King George V next beyond her.

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

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8 January 1999