TOKYO, JAPAN - 02 September 1945 - US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz signs the Instrument of Surrender of Japan as United States Representative a

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TOKYO, JAPAN - 02 September 1945 - US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz signs the Instrument of Surrender of Japan as United States Representative aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 2, 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. In front row, background, are (left to right): Rear Admiral Frederick C Sherman, Vice Admiral Charles A Lockwood, USN; Vice Admiral John S McCain, Vice Admiral John H Towers, Admiral Richmond K Turner, Rear Admiral Robert B Carney, General Walter C Krueger, Army; General Robert L Eichelberger, Army and General Carl A Spaatz, USAAF. Others identified behind the front row include (in no order): Brigadier General Joseph H Fellows, USMC; Captain Tom B Hill, USN; Commodore J C Cronin, USN; Rear Admiral Ingram C Sowell, USN; Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd, USN; Rear Admiral Howard F Kingman, USN; Rear Admiral Lloyd J Wiltsie, USN; Rear Admiral J Cary Jones, USN; Captain John S Thach, USN and Commodore Joel T Boone, USN(MC) - Photo: Geopix/US Navy

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Size: 5655px × 4460px
Location: Tokyo Bay, Japan
Photo credit: © Geopix / Alamy / Afripics
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