Description: | Fleet Adm. Commander Chester W. Nimitz signs the Japanese surrender document for the United States aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Harbor. General of the Armies Douglas MacArthur, who received the surrender for the allied governments, Admiral G.F. Halsey and Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, left to right, and a circle of ranking allied officers watch approvingly. September 2, 1945. (National Archive 80-G-701293c) |
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