Gen. Douglas MacArthur (at mic) as Australian Gen. Thomas Blamey signs official surrender of Japan w. his delegates standing behind him aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. (Allies, front row L-R: Chester Nimitz, Chinese Gen. Hsu Yung-Chang, British Adm. Bruce Fraser, Russian Lt. Gen. Derevyanko, Canadian Lt. Col Cosgrave, French Gen. Jacques LeClerc, Dutch Adm. Helfrich & N.Z. Vice Marshal Isitt.