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Photo #: NH 62798

Surrender of Japan, 1945


Japanese delegation comes on board USS Portland (CA-33), 2 September 1945, to surrender the base at Truk, Caroline Islands.
Those in the front row are (left to right):
Lieutenant A.M. Soden, USNR, interpreter;
Lieutenant F. Tofalo, USN, Officer of the Deck;
Lieutenant General Shunzaburo Mugikura, Commanding General, 31st Army;
Vice Admiral Chuichi Hara, Commander, 4th Fleet;
Rear Admiral Aritaka Aihara, head of the Eastern Branch of the South Seas Government, and
Lieutenant Kenzo Yoshida, Aide to LtG. Mugikura, (carrying bundle).
Standing behind them, partially visible, are (left to right):
Rear Admiral Michio Sumikawa, Chief of Staff, 4th Fleet;
Colonel Waichi Tajima, Chief of Staff, 31st Army, and
Lieutenant Ryokichi Morioka, Aide to VAdm. Hara, (carrying briefcase).
Note whaleboat rudder in left background, and Truk islands in the distance.

Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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1 March 1999