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Surrender of Japan Ceremonies Aboard the USS Missouri

98-2437
Accession Number
98-2437
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350290443
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Naval officers
Ships
World War, 1939-1945
HST Keywords
Japan - Surrender; Ships - U. S. S. Missouri
People Pictured
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
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Description
Lieutenant General Kuzma Nikolaevich Derevyanko of the Soviet Union (seated) signs the Instrument of Surrender for Japan during ceremonies on board the USS Missouri. Standing in the foreground on the left is United States General Douglas MacArthur. All others are unidentified. From a scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters, U. S. Army Forces, Pacific, in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.
Date(s)
September 2, 1945