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Japanese Surrender-Missouri
Gen. Douglas MacArthur behind his aide, Lt. Gen. Sutherland who is watching Japanese official Mamoru Shigemitsu sign the official surrender of Japan aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. (Allies, front L-R: Chester A. Nimitz, Chinese Gen. Hsu Yung-Chang, British Adm. Bruce Fraser, Russian Lt. Gen. Kuzma N. Derevyanko, Australian Gen. Thomas Blamey, Canadian Col. L. Moore Cosgrave, French Gen. Jacques LeC lerc, Dutch Adm. Conrad Helfrich, New Zealand Vice Marshal L.M. Isitt.
Location:Japan
Date taken:September 2, 1945
Photographer:J. R. Eyerman
Size:1280 x 845 pixels (17.8 x 11.7 inches)

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