| United States General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964), Supreme Allied Commander, reading his speech to open the surrender ceremonies, on board USS Missouri (BB-63). The representatives of the Allied Powers are behind him, including from left to right: Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser (February 5, 1888 – February 12, 1981), Royal Navy, United Kingdom; Lieutenant General Kuzma Derevyanko (November 14, 1904 – December 30, 1954), Soviet Union; General Sir Thomas Blamey (January 24, 1884 – May 27, 1951), Australia; Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave (August 28, 1890 – July 28, 1971), Canada; General Jacques LeClerc (November 22, 1902 – November 28, 1947), France; Admiral Conrad E.L. Helfrich (October 11, 1886 – September 20, 1962), The Netherlands; and Air Vice Marshall Leonard M. Isitt (July 27, 1891 – January 21, 1976), New Zealand. United States Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland (27 November 1893 – 25 June 1966), is just to the right of Air Vice Marshall Isitt. Off camera, to left, are the representative of China, General Hsu Yung-chang (December 15, 1885 – July 12, 1959), and the United States representative, United States Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966). Framed flag in upper left is that flown by Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) flagship when she entered Tokyo Bay in 1853. | |
| Image Filename | wwii1960.jpg |
| Image Size | 2.69 MB |
| Image Dimensions | 4541 x 5743 |
| Photographer | |
| Photographer Title | United States Army Signal Corps |
| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | September 2, 1945 |
| Location | |
| City | Tokyo |
| State or Province | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Archive | Naval History and Heritage Command |
| Record Number | USA C-2717 |
| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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