Picture of the day.

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USS Missouri (BB-63) at anchor in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945, the day that Japanese surrender ceremonies were held on her deck. Note SC-1 floatplanes on her catapults and boats moored at her stern.

 

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Vietnamese Declaration of Independence, September 2, 1945.

 

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American aircraft fly over USS Missouri (BB-63) after the surrender, 2 September 1945.

 

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Air Vice-Marshal Leonard Monk Isitt, signing the instrument of surrender on behalf of New Zealand, September 2, 1945.

 

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General Philippe LeClerc signing the surrender instrument on behalf of France aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945.

 

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Admiral Conrad E. L. Helfrich signing the Japanese surrender document on behalf of the Netherlands aboard USS Missouri, 2 September 1945; note MacArthur next to Helfrich

 

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Colonel Lawrence Cosgrave signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the Dominion of Canada aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945.

 

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Lt. General Kuzma Derevyanko representing the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is shown signing the Allied copy of the Instrument of Surrender.

 

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Xu Yongchang signing the surrender document on behalf of China aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945.

 

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General Sir Thomas Blamey signing the Japanese surrender document on behalf of Australia aboard USS Missouri, 2 September 1945.

 

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Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, signs the Instrument of Surrender as United States Representative, aboard USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945. Standing directly behind him are (left-to-right): General of the Army Douglas MacArthur; Admiral William F. Halsey, USN, and Rear Admiral Forrest Sherman, USN.

 

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General Douglas MacArthur signing the instrument of surrender as Supreme Allied Commander, aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), September 2, 1945.

 

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General Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the Army Japanese General Staff, signs the official surrender aboard USS Missouri (BB-63) on 2 September 1945. Lt.Gen. Richard K. Sutherland stands near the table while General of the Army Douglas MacArthur is at the microphone.

 

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Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the surrender instrument aboard USS Missouri (BB-63), Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945.

 

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The Pax Americana has begun.

General Douglas MacArthur speaking aboard USS Missouri (BB-63), Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945.

"These proceedings are closed." The war is finally over.

 

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The Pax Americana has begun.

General Douglas MacArthur speaking aboard USS Missouri (BB-63), Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945.

"These proceedings are closed." The war is finally over.

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Is there any information on the U.S. flag in the background? I've read the ensign from U.S.S. Arizona was lost. Was the flag in the background at Pearl Harbor?

 

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Is there any information on the U.S. flag in the background? I've read the ensign from U.S.S. Arizona was lost. Was the flag in the background at Pearl Harbor?

I believe thats the flag that Commodore Perry flew on his ship when he sailed into Tokyo harbor and opened up Japan to the outside world.

 

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I believe thats the flag that Commodore Perry flew on his ship when he sailed into Tokyo harbor and opened up Japan to the outside world.

Wow.

 

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I believe thats the flag that Commodore Perry flew on his ship when he sailed into Tokyo harbor and opened up Japan to the outside world.

Commodore Matthew Perry's American flag aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories