TOKYO — Fighter planes fly in formation overhead as the surrender ceremony to end World War II is held aboard the warship Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945.
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TOKYO — Spectators and correspondents from all over the world pick vantage positions on the deck of the Missouri, in Tokyo Bay, to watch the formal Japanese surrender ceremony marking the end of World War II.
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TOKYO — Allied officials and military personnel and Japanese representatives are shown aboard the battleship Missouri for the formal Japanese signing of the surrender agreement.
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TOKYO — Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, center in top hat, leads the Japanese delegation aboard the Missouri in Tokyo Bay for the signing ceremony for Japan's surrender in World War II.
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TOKYO — Representatives of the Allied nations stand at attention as Gen. Douglas MacArthur speaks before the signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard the Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945.
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TOKYO — Japanese surrender signatories are shown arriving on board the Missouri in Tokyo Bay. They include Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, in top hat in the front row, who signed on behalf of the Japanese emperor, and army commander Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu, on right.
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TOKYO — U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, left, watches as Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the surrender document. Lt. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland, center, witnesses the ceremony marking the end of World War II with other American and British officers in background.
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TOKYO — Allied generals and other military personnel watch Japanese Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu sign the surrender document.
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TOKYO — Gen. Douglas MacArthur signs the document marking Japan's surrender.
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TOKYO — Gen. Douglas MacArthur hands the pen to Lt. Gen. Arthur E. Percival after signing the document formalizing Japan's surrender.
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TOKYO — Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, commander of the Pacific Fleet, is among the signatories of the surrender document.
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