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Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Signs Surrender Terms on U.S.S. Missouri

98-2434 (untitled)
Accession Number
98-2434
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
Battleships
Generals
Ships
World War, 1939-1945
HST Keywords
Japan - Surrender; Ships - U.S.S. Missouri - Japanese Surrender
People Pictured
Shigemitsu, Mamoru, 1887-1957
Sutherland, Richard K., 1893-1966
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Description
Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs surrender terms while General Richard K. Sutherland looks on. The signing took place on the battleship U.S.S. Missouri. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946
Date(s)
September 2, 1945