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| Keywords: 80-G-332694: Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, reading his speech to open the surrender ceremonies, on board USS Missouri (BB-63). The representatives of the Allied Powers are behind him, including (from left to right): The U.S. representative, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN;Representative of China, General Hsu Yung-chang; Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, RN, United Kingdom; Lieutenant General Kuzma Derevyanko, Soviet Union; General Sir Thomas Blamey, Australia; Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canada; General Jacques LeClerc, France; Admiral Conrad E.L. Helfrich, The Netherlands and Air Vice Marshall Leonard M. Isitt, New Zealand. This view is usually shown from the other side. One can possibly see the photographers of those famous images. Photographed by Lieutenant C.A. Poots. Photographed from atop Missouri's 16-inch gun turret # 2. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/17). Note, the original is a very small photograph. 80-G-332694: Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, reading his speech to open the surrender ceremonies, on board USS Missouri (BB-63). The representatives of the Allied Powers are behind him, including (from left to right): The U.S. representative, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN;Representative of China, General Hsu Yung-chang; Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, RN, United Kingdom; Lieutenant General Kuzma Derevyanko, Soviet Union; General Sir Thomas Blamey, Australia; Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canada; General Jacques LeClerc, France; Admiral Conrad E.L. Helfrich, The Netherlands and Air Vice Marshall Leonard M. Isitt, New Zealand. This view is usually shown from the other side. One can possibly see the photographers of those famous images. Photographed by Lieutenant C.A. Poots. Photographed from atop Missouri's 16-inch gun turret # 2. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/17). Note, the original is a very small photograph. | ||||
