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Kodiak Mirror
Kodiak, Alaska
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The Japanese delegation is received on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo bay for signing of the surrender terms. Identified are: (1) Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese foreign minister; (2) Maj. Gen. Yatsuji Nagai, Jap Army Staff; (3) Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu, chief of staff, Jap Army headquarters; (4) Katsuo Okasaki, director general, central liaison office; (5) Col. Kaiyi Sugita, Jap army staff. Japan's foreign minister, Shigemitsu (seated, right) signs the unconditional surrender papers as General MacArthur (left, at microphone) and Lieut. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland, his chief of staff (center), look on. General MacArthur signs documents as the Allied delegation looks on at the deck. Standing behind him are: Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright of Bataan (left) and Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Percival of Singapore (right).
Merged-components note: Merged section title, images (reading_order -1), and captions for the Japanese surrender pictures into a single foreign news component.
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The Japanese delegation is received on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo bay for signing of the surrender terms. Identified are: (1) Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese foreign minister; (2) Maj. Gen. Yatsuji Nagai, Jap Army Staff; (3) Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu, chief of staff, Jap Army headquarters; (4) Katsuo Okasaki, director general, central liaison office; (5) Col. Kaiyi Sugita, Jap army staff.
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Japan's foreign minister, Shigemitsu (seated, right) signs the unconditional surrender papers as General MacArthur (left, at microphone) and Lieut. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland, his chief of staff (center), look on.
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General MacArthur signs documents as the Allied delegation looks on at the deck. Standing behind him are: Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright of Bataan (left) and Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Percival of Singapore (right).
(Ed. note: Photos of this event were rushed by plane from Tokyo to Seattle via Adak in a record flight of 21 hours and minutes, arrived in Seattle Monday night.
The pictures printed here were sent by radio from the USS Missouri in Tokyo bay to San Francisco
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japan's foreign minister shigemitsu signs the unconditional surrender papers
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The Japanese delegation is received on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo bay for signing of the surrender terms. Identified are: (1) Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese foreign minister; (2) Maj. Gen. Yatsuji Nagai, Jap Army Staff; (3) Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu, chief of staff, Jap Army headquarters; (4) Katsuo Okasaki, director general, central liaison office; (5) Col. Kaiyi Sugita, Jap army staff. Japan's foreign minister, Shigemitsu (seated, right) signs the unconditional surrender papers as General MacArthur (left, at microphone) and Lieut. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland, his chief of staff (center), look on. General MacArthur signs documents as the Allied delegation looks on at the deck. Standing behind him are: Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright of Bataan (left) and Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Percival of Singapore (right).