General Yoshijiro Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 4

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Caption     General Yoshijiro Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 4 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Tokyo, Japan
Date 2 Sep 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Link to Source    Link
 
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Photos in Series See all 4 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 2 Sep 1945
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 687 x 727 pixels



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1. Anonymous says:
5 Aug 2019 06:39:53 AM

Interesting ... I just bought the original print of this photograph from an antique shop in Australia along with four other Japanese surrender photographs (three of which to the British). This photograph was originally landscape - the two sides of the picture are cut off in this version.

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