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The
surrender of Japan
, announced by the Japanese emperor
Hirohito
on August 15, 1945,
brought the hostilities of World War II in Asia to a close
. In this photograph, taken by a soldier of the
United States Army Signal Corps
,
Mamoru Shigemitsu
,
Minister for Foreign Affairs
, signs the
Japanese Instrument of Surrender
on behalf of the Japanese government aboard
USS
Missouri
in
Tokyo Bay
on September 2, 1945, formally ending the war. U.S. Army general
Richard K. Sutherland
watches on the left of the photograph, and Shigemitsu is assisted by
Toshikazu Kase
, an official of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, on the right.
Photograph credit: Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by
Adam Cuerden
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<
Template:POTD
Picture of the day archives
:
2022 September
<
2022 September 1
2022 September 3
>
Picture of the day
The
surrender of Japan
, announced by the Japanese emperor
Hirohito
on August 15, 1945,
brought the hostilities of World War II in Asia to a close
. In this photograph, taken by a soldier of the
United States Army Signal Corps
,
Mamoru Shigemitsu
,
Minister for Foreign Affairs
, signs the
Japanese Instrument of Surrender
on behalf of the Japanese government aboard
USS
Missouri
in
Tokyo Bay
on September 2, 1945, formally ending the war. U.S. Army general
Richard K. Sutherland
watches on the left of the photograph, and Shigemitsu is assisted by
Toshikazu Kase
, an official of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, on the right.
Photograph credit: Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by
Adam Cuerden
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