Joint service color guard parades the colors during a ceremony of the 69th anniversary of the end of World War II aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial. On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan officially surrendered as the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed onboard the ship by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and other world leaders. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Diana Quinlan/Released) The 69th anniversary of the end of World War II aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial 140902-N-WF272-019

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