TOKYO, JAPAN - 02 September 1945 - General of the Army Douglas MacArthur signs the signs the Instrument of Surrender as Supreme Allied Commander aboar
TOKYO, JAPAN - 02 September 1945 - General of the Army Douglas MacArthur signs the signs the Instrument of Surrender as Supreme Allied Commander aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo, Japan, 02 September 1945. The document committed the surrender of Japan and ended World War II. Behind him are Lieutenant General Jonathan M Wainwright, Army, and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur E Percival, British Army, both of whom had just been released from Japanese prison camps. Officers in the front row, from Percival on, are (left to right): Vice Admiral John S. McCain, USN; Vice Admiral John H. Towers, USN; Admiral Richmond K. Turner, USN; Admiral William F. Halsey, USN; Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN; Rear Admiral Forrest Sherman, USN; General Walter C. Krueger, Army; General Robert L. Eichelberger, Army; General Carl A. Spaatz, USAAF and General George C. Kenney, USAAF
Size: 5008px × 3972px
Location: Aboard the USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan
Photo credit: © Geopix / Alamy / Afripics
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