Photo by Howard Pyle- V.J. Day, Official Signing Ceremony of Surrender of Japan
DateSeptember 2, 1945
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number1988.2.119
DescriptionSnapshot photograph of Official Signing Ceremony of Surrender of Japan, concluding hostilities at end of World War II. September 2, 1945 on the battleship U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Taken by Howard Pyle, KTAR War Correspondent, later Governor of Arizona. Numerous people in photo, including small group of Japanese government and military leaders, General Douglas McArthur speaking at microphone, representatives of the Allied Nations, and various other military personnel, correspondents, and other attendees at the event.Status
Not on view
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