A close-up view of the plaque aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) that commemorates the end of World War II. The official surrender by Japan took place aboard the MISSOURI on Sep. 2, 1945, with Shigemitsu Mamoru, representative of the Japanese emperor, signing surrender documents in the presence of ADM Chester Nimitz, representing the United States Navy, and GEN Douglas MacArthur, acting as the supreme commander of Allied forces for the proceeding
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Naval Air Station, Long Beach
State: California(CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: JOC(Aw) Gloria Montgomery
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
31/03/1992
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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