
Caption | Colonel Lawrence Cosgrave signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the Dominion of Canada aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945. ww2dbase | ||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||||
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Photo Size | 463 x 600 pixels | ||||||||||
Photos in Series | See all 2 photos in this series | ||||||||||
Photos on Same Day | 2 Sep 1945 | ||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||
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25 May 2015 11:00:32 PM
Note MacArthur interrupting Cosgrave, which may have created enough of a distraction that Cosgrave placed his second signature, on the Japanese copy, one line below its proper place.