US General of the Army Douglas MacArthur signs the Instrument of Surrender

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Caption: 
US General of the Army Douglas MacArthur signs the Instrument of Surrender, as Supreme Allied Commander, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), September 2, 1945. Behind him are US Army Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright and UK Lieutenant General Sir Arthur E. Percival, both of whom had just been released from Japanese prison camps. Officers in the front row are (left to right): US Navy Vice Admiral John S. McCain; US Navy Vice Admiral John H. Towers; US Navy Admiral Richmond K. Turner; US Navy Admiral William F. Halsey; US Navy Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney; US Navy Rear Admiral Forrest Sherman; US Army General Walter C. Krueger; US Army General Robert L. Eichelberger; US Army Air Force General Carl A. Spaatz; and US Army Air Force General George C. Kenney.
Caption Written By: 
Jason McDonald
Photographed By: 
Unknown
Archive: 
Naval Historical Center
Date Photographed: 
Sunday, September 2, 1945
City: 
Tokyo Bay
State/Province/Oblast: 
Tokyo Prefecture
Country: 
Japan
Copyright Notice: 
Caption ©2007 MFA Productions LLC Image in the Public Domain

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