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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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syscom3 said:

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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SaparotRob said:

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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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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syscom3 said:

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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Wow.

 

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syscom3 said:

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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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