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Japanese soldier hanging from the rope on the side of a U.S. ship near Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese soldier hanging from the side of a U.S. landing craft near Okinawa; American soldiers and sailors...
Japanese soldier surrendering to US Marines, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Japanese soldier clothed in only undergarments surrendering to armed United States Marines in front of a...
Japanese soldiers wading out to surrender to a United States boat, Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese soldiers, holding their clothes on their heads, walking in chest-deep water towards an American...
Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri, 1945
Photograph. Allied sailors and officers watch Japanese officials leave the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri....
Japanese surrender ceremony, 1945
Photograph. Allied officers watch at the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri. 2 September 1945
Japanese surrender ceremony, 1945
Photograph. Allied sailors, officers and cameramen watch Japanese officials at the surrender ceremony aboard the USS...
Japanese truce flag being taken down, Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States Marine climbing down from a flagpole as a Japanese surrender flag falls to the ground; other...
Military police gathering around a Japanese bomber at Ie Shima Airfield, Japan, 1945
Photograph. American military police gathering around a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber at Ie Shima Airfield;...
Military police gathering around a Japanese bomber that just landed at Ie Shima Airfield, Japan, 1945
Photograph. American military police gathering around a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber that just landed at Ie...
Military police watching a Japanese bomber land at Ie Shima Airfield, Japan, 1945
Photograph. American military police standing on a runway as a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber comes in for a...
Residential buildings flying flags of surrender
Photograph. Soldiers walking down a dirt street. Houses are on either side of the street, all are flying white flags of...
Signing of the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri
Photograph. Signing of the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri. 1945
Surrendering Okinawaese soldiers wading towards a US boat, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Surrendering Japanese soldiers wading towards an American boat while carrying their clothes over their...
The Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, September 1945
Photograph. The Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri. September 1945
Tientsin surrender ceremony, China, 1945
Photograph. United States Marine officer leading a line of Japanese military officers past United States Marines and...
U.S. Fleet Admiral Nimitz signing Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945
Photograph. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz signing Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri (BB-...
US Army soldier patting down a Japanese soldier, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldier patting down a surrendering Japanese soldier for concealed weapons near the...
US Marine Maj. Gen. Rockey signing Japanese surrender documents, China, 1945
Photograph. United States Marine Major General Keller E. Rockey signing Japanese surrender documents. Official caption...
White flags hang from buildings as Americans enter Engers, Germany in March 1945
White flags hang from German buildings as Americans enter the town; American soldiers have half tracks in the street. "...
White surrender flags waving from windows, Magdeburg, 1945
Photograph. White surrender flags waving from windows along a cobblestone city street; civilians are standing on the...
Wounded Japanese soldier emerging from cave to surrender on Okinawa Island, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Wounded Japanese soldier emerging from cave to surrender to U.S. Marines; smoke visible near cave. Official...

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