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040902-N-3019M-014 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Sept. 2, 2004) - Ceremonial honor guard prepares to render a 21-gun salute at the 59th anniversary ceremony of the end of World War II aboard the battleship USS Missouri Memorial. Japan signed the Instrument of Formal Surrender in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, on the decks of the Missouri. A plaque marks the exact location of the surrender and copies of the original documents are displayed on the "Surrender Deck" for visitors around the world to see when they visit the memorial. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Ryan C. McGinley (RELEASED) US Navy 0409
040902-N-3019M-014 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Sept. 2, 2004) - Ceremonial honor guard prepares to render a 21-gun salute at the 59th anniversary ceremony of the end of World War II aboard the battleship USS Missouri Memorial. Japan signed the Instrument of Formal Surrender in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, on the decks of the Missouri. A plaque marks the exact location of the surrender and copies of the original documents are displayed on the "Surrender Deck" for visitors around the world to see when they visit the memorial. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Ryan C. McGinley (RELEASED) US Navy 040902-N-3019M-014 Ceremonial honor guard prepares to render a 21-gun salute at the 59th anniversary ceremony of the end of World War II aboard the battleship USS Missouri Memorial
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