Surrender_of_Japan_-_USS_Missouri.jpg


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Description

Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945: Representatives of the Empire of Japan on board USS Missouri (BB-63) during the surrender ceremonies.

Standing in front are:

Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu (wearing top hat) and General Yoshijirō Umezu , Chief of the Army General Staff.

Behind them are three representatives each of the Foreign Ministry, the Army and the Navy. They include, in middle row, left to right:

Lieutenant General Suichi Miyakazi , Army;
Katsuo Okazaki , Foreign Ministry;
Rear Admiral Tadatoshi Tomioka , Navy;
Toshikazu Kase , Foreign Ministry, and
Major General Yatsuji Nagai , Army.

In the back row, left to right (not all are visible):

Rear Admiral Ichiro Yokoyama , Navy;
Saburo Ota , Foreign Ministry;
Katsuo Shiba , Navy, and
Ichiji Sugita , Army.
(Identities those in second and third rows are from an annotated photograph in Naval Historical Center files.)

Date

2 September 1945

Source

Naval Historical Center Photo # USA C-2719 . Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Author

Army Signal Corps

Permission
( Reusing this file )

This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government , it is in the public domain in the United States.

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Captions

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depicts

Victory over Japan Day

Yatsuji Nagai

inception

2 September 1945

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