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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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Timely. The guy on the extreme left with the dark peaked cap is the New Zealand representative AVM Leonard Isitt, RNZAF.

 

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486 sqn Typhoon and Tempest in the air together as the sqn traded their Tiffies for Tempests.
dont often see both in formation.

 

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A Consolidated XPB2Y-1 "Coronado" in flight over Southern California, 1939.

 

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Australian troops boarding USS PCE-842 at Liberty Wharf, Labuan, North Borneo, 6 September 1945. The ship is part of a convoy for occupation of Kuching, Borneo and repatriation of British and American prisoners of war.

 

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On this day 75 years ago, Sept 6 1945.
U.S. Navy Admiral John S. McCain, Sr., 61, wartime commander of Task Force 38 in 1945, passed away from a heart attack at his home in Coronado, California.

 

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Prisoners of War eating chow at the mess-hall where they are being entertained by new members of the Fourth Marines, Yokosuka, Japan, September 6, 1945.

 

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Mother and child, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, September 6, 1945

I hope these two civilians had a long and prosperous life after the war.

 

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Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Corsair fighter landing on HMS Glory, off Rabaul, New Britain, 6 September 1945.

 

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Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Corsair fighter in an elevator aboard HMS Glory, off Rabaul, New Britain, 6 September 1945.

 

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First flight of the Beriev LL-143, Soviet large maritime reconnaissance and bombing flying-boat prototype which will led to the Beriev Be-6, September 6, 1945.

 

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1944 Goodyear Aircraft WWII US Navy Blimp B-26 Marauder Corsair Hellcat Ad | eBay

 

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1944 Goodyear Aircraft WWII US Navy Blimp B-26 Marauder Corsair Hellcat Ad | eBay

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Check out those Corsairs!

 

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1944 Vinco Wright Cyclone Aircraft Engine Martin Mars Lockheed Constellation Ad | eBay

 

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Foto Piloten Ehrung zum 10000 Feindflug ! Focke Wulf Fw 189 Fw 190 Flugzeuge | eBay

 

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Damage crews dousing the flames after a P-47N Thunderbolt of the 413th Fighter Squadron belly-landed at Central Field, Iwo Jima, Japan, 7 September 1945.