Surrender ceremony of Japan in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945
Gift of David Lawrence, from the collection of the National World War II Museum
Description:
Signing of the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, on board the USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945.
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Photographs, postcards and other documents from the American Red Cross service of Norma Force (later Lawrence), who served on Tinian and Guam.
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TÅkyÅ-wan
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35.417
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139.783
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Surrenders--Japanese--Japan