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Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War
Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by Adam Cuerden
1945-09-02
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- Naval Historical Center Photo # SC 213700
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
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- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945. Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army, watches from the opposite side of the table. Foreign Ministry representative Toshikazu Kase is assisting Mr. Shigemitsu.
