Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, signs the Instrument of Surrender as United States Representative, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 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, USN. Many of the other officers present are identified in 80-G-701293 (Complete Caption)". Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives, 80-G-701293.
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Check out this report on KDFW TV (Ch. 4, Dallas) on the only known color film of the surrender. The photographer was CDR George Kosko (USNA ’30), a meteorlogist on ADM Halsey’s staff. http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/090110-japanese-surrender-captured-in-color
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