Forward view of a Ki-48 aircraft, Noshiro Airfield, Akita, Japan, 14 Sep 1945; note the removal of the port side propeller per surrender agreementGerman He-162 Volksjäger on public display after the war in Hyde Park, London, England, United Kingdom, 14 Sep 1945Japanese liaison party aboard destroyer USS Cummings as part of the occupation process at Higashi Harbor, Haha Jima, Bonin Islands, 14 Sep 1945.Japanese liaison party boarding destroyer USS Cummings as part of the occupation process at Higashi Harbor, Haha Jima, Bonin Islands, 14 Sep 1945. Note Daihatsu landing craft with white flag.
Forward view of a Ki-48 aircraft, Noshiro Airfield, Akita, Japan, 14 Sep 1945; note the removal of the port side propeller per surrender agreementGerman He-162 Volksjäger on public display after the war in Hyde Park, London, England, United Kingdom, 14 Sep 1945Japanese liaison party aboard destroyer USS Cummings as part of the occupation process at Higashi Harbor, Haha Jima, Bonin Islands, 14 Sep 1945.Japanese liaison party boarding destroyer USS Cummings as part of the occupation process at Higashi Harbor, Haha Jima, Bonin Islands, 14 Sep 1945. Note Daihatsu landing craft with white flag.
Jonathan Wainwright decorated with Medal of Honor by US President Harry Truman, 14 Sep 1945Soldiers of Australian 37/52 Infantry Battalion posing with captured Japanese Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tanks, near Lakunai airstrip and Rabaul, New Britain, Solomon Islands, 14 Sep 1945
Jonathan Wainwright decorated with Medal of Honor by US President Harry Truman, 14 Sep 1945Soldiers of Australian 37/52 Infantry Battalion posing with captured Japanese Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tanks, near Lakunai airstrip and Rabaul, New Britain, Solomon Islands, 14 Sep 1945


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