Video : World War II ends with Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings

06-Aug-1945
Japan
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Japanese Instrument of Surrender
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| Artist: Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by Adam Cuerden | Credit: Naval Historical Center Photo # SC 213700 | Description: Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945. Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army, watches from the opposite side of the table. Foreign Ministry representative Toshikazu Kase is assisting Mr. Shigemitsu.
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