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

Caption     General Yoshijiro Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 4 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseWikimedia Commons
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Photo Size 687 x 727 pixels
Photos in Series See all 4 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 2 Sep 1945
Photos at Same Place Tokyo, Japan
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0

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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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