Sailors

Japanese General Yoshijiro Umezu signs the Instrument of Surrender Agreement on behalf of the Japanese government ending the war with Japan while (left to right) General Douglas MacArthur and his Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland look on. Others in the background are unidentified. The ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Manila Bay. These photographs were given to Colonel Westray B. Boyce during her tour of the Pacific Theatre in the Fall of 1945.

An unidentified sailor working under an unidentified aircraft while on board the aircraft carrier USS Constellation.

Image of an unidentified sailor pulling the wheel chocks from an unidentified aircraft while on board the aircraft carrier USS Constellation.

Unidentified crew members stretch out a net on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation.

Crew members and aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation with the bridge in the background. All sailors are unidentified.

Unidentified crew members and aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation with the bridge in the background.

Unidentified crew members stretch out a net on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation with an A-7 Corsair 2 in the background.

Crew members and aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation with the bridge in the background. All crew members are unidentified.

Naval men and officers "manned the rail" along Caroline Street after the President Harry S. Truman's motorcade enters naval air station on the way to the Little White House in Key West, Florida. President Truman traveled to Key West for a post-election vacation. Truman in seated in the left back seat of the first car. All others are unidentified.

Miss Margaret Truman boards ship The Big Wheel with the assistance of several unidentified sailors. She is boarding the ship for fishing excursion off of Key West, Florida. She is with President Harry S. Truman and other members of his party for a post-election vacation in Key West. All others are unidentified.