Gen. Douglas MacArthur (at mic) as Dutch Adm. Conrad Helfrich signs official surrender of Japan aboard the battleship USS Missouri (unident. aide stands near) (Allies, front L-R: Chester Nimitz, Chinese Gen. Hsu Yung-Chang, British Adm. Bruce Fraser, Russian Lt. Gen. K uzma Derevyanko, Australian Gen. Thomas Blamey, Canadian Col. L. Moore Cosgrave, French Gen. Jacques LeClerc, & New Zealand Vice Marshal L.M. Isitt.