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Captain Yoshihiko Wakasaki of Yokosuka Naval Base aboard USS Missouri for conference with William Halsey, 27 Aug 1945	Colonel E. H. Tench, Lieutenant General Seizo Arisuyu, and Lieutenant General Seiyichi Asmata at Atsugi Airfield, Japan, 27 Aug 1945	Hatsuzakura and USS Nicholas off Tokyo Bay, 27 Aug 1945 prior to transfer of Japanese translators and harbor pilots to Nicholas. Photo taken from USS O'Bannon.	Japanese Navy personnel preparing to be transported aboard USS Missouri, 27 Aug 1945; note USS Nicholas in background

Japanese photographer T. Iwamoto attaching film of surrender of Yokosuka Navy Base to a pigeon for transport to Domeo News Agency in Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1945	Two US Navy officers examining a Japanese officer’s sword on USS Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945 prior to entry into Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremony a week later. Note other swords on the table in the foreground.	US Marines frisking a Japanese officer upon boarding USS Missouri, 27 Aug 1945	US Navy personnel searching briefcases of Japanese Navy officers in the wardroom of USS Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945 prior to entry into Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremony a week later.

Aerial photo taken from aircraft from the USS Wasp (Essex-class) showing the near complete destruction of the Japanese city of Nagoya, late Aug 1945	Japanese surrender envoys led by General Numata Takazo escorted by British officers at Mingaladon airfield, Rangoon for the surrender of the Southern Army in Burma, 28 Aug 1945. They arrived in a Mitsubishi Ki-57 ‘Topsy’	Lieutenant Commander Don Thorburn, Lieutenant Commander E. V. Wedell, interpreter S. Toda, Lieutenant Commander John MacInnes, Lieutenant W. V. ballow, and Lieutenant Commander Cliff McDowell at Atsugi Airfield, Japan, 28 Aug 1945	Lieutenant Commander John MacInnes, Lieutenant Commander Don Thorburn, Soviet legation member K. Samiloff, Lieutenant W. V. bellow, Commander Anatoliy Rodinov, and Lieutenant Commander E. V. Wedell, Atsugi Airfield, Japan, 28 Aug 1945

United States Navy Commander Hiram Cassedy (left) and Japanese Navy Commander Toshio Kusaka (center) on the deck of the Japanese submarine I-400 alongside USS Proteus, Sagami Bay, Japan, 28 Aug 1945.	Allied prisoners of war at Aomori camp near Yokohama cheered as US Navy and other Allied personnel arrived to rescue them, 29 Aug 1945	Recently liberated American prisoners of war at Aomori camp near Yokohama, Japan, circa 29 Aug 1945	US flag raising at Yokosuka Navy Base, Japan, 29 Aug 1945

Battleship USS Missouri in Sagami Wan, Japan, 30 Aug 1945. Note Mount Fuji, Missouri flying Admiral William Halsey’s four-star flag at the after mast, and the US flag at the unusual location on the main mast.	Bow of the battleship USS Missouri in Sagami Wan, Japan, 30 Aug 1945. Note the Jack flying from the jackstaff and Mount Fuji between Missouri’s bow and anchor chain.	British troops disembarking at Hong Kong, 30 Aug 1945	Ceremony at the Cenotaph at Central, Hong Kong marking the liberation of Hong Kong, 30 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 4