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General Seishiro Itagaki signing surrender documents aboard HMS Sussex at Singapore, 4 Sep 1945Japanese RAdm Shigematsu Sakaibara signing the surrender of Wake Island to US Marine BGen Lawson Sanderson aboard USS Levy, 4 Sep 1945. Care was made to ensure the Japanese surrendered Wake to the Marines.Raising the US flag over Wake Island after JapanUS Army Lieutenant General Lucian Truscott of 5th Army saluting guidon of Co. L, 3rd Btn, 442nd RCT, Livorno, Italy, 4 Sep 1945; note Presidential Unit Citation banner on guidon
General Seishiro Itagaki signing surrender documents aboard HMS Sussex at Singapore, 4 Sep 1945Japanese RAdm Shigematsu Sakaibara signing the surrender of Wake Island to US Marine BGen Lawson Sanderson aboard USS Levy, 4 Sep 1945. Care was made to ensure the Japanese surrendered Wake to the Marines.Raising the US flag over Wake Island after Japan's surrender, 4 Sep 1945; Japanese commanding officer Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara in foregroundUS Army Lieutenant General Lucian Truscott of 5th Army saluting guidon of Co. L, 3rd Btn, 442nd RCT, Livorno, Italy, 4 Sep 1945; note Presidential Unit Citation banner on guidon
A Curtis SB2C Helldiver flying from USS Intrepid over Tientsin, China (now Tianjin), 5 Sep 1945. Intrepid launched 86 aircraft this day as a show of strength during the demobilization of Japanese forces in the area.Colonel Louis P. Ely reading surrender terms of Major General Toshio Taga, Okinawa, Japan, 5 Sep 1945Demobilized Japanese soldiers, Yokohama, Japan, 5 Sep 1945Former American captives departing a prisoner of war camp, Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945
A Curtis SB2C Helldiver flying from USS Intrepid over Tientsin, China (now Tianjin), 5 Sep 1945. Intrepid launched 86 aircraft this day as a show of strength during the demobilization of Japanese forces in the area.Colonel Louis P. Ely reading surrender terms of Major General Toshio Taga, Okinawa, Japan, 5 Sep 1945Demobilized Japanese soldiers, Yokohama, Japan, 5 Sep 1945Former American captives departing a prisoner of war camp, Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945
Former American prisoners of war arriving at Kiirun (now Keelung), Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945Former American prisoners of war being transported from Taihoku (now Taipei) to Kiirun (now Keelung), Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945Interior of a Japanese prisoner of war camp for American captives, Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945Two TBM-3 aircraft of US Navy squadron VT-26 (USS Santee) at Matsuyama Airfield, Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan, early Sep 1945
Former American prisoners of war arriving at Kiirun (now Keelung), Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945Former American prisoners of war being transported from Taihoku (now Taipei) to Kiirun (now Keelung), Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945Interior of a Japanese prisoner of war camp for American captives, Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945Two TBM-3 aircraft of US Navy squadron VT-26 (USS Santee) at Matsuyama Airfield, Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan, early Sep 1945
Unidentified American servicemen in Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945USMC Colonel A. D. Cooley and others in Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945USMC Colonel A. D. Cooley conferring with Japanese officers over the liberation of US prisoners of war, Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945USMC Major Dick Johnson
Unidentified American servicemen in Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945USMC Colonel A. D. Cooley and others in Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945USMC Colonel A. D. Cooley conferring with Japanese officers over the liberation of US prisoners of war, Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945USMC Major Dick Johnson's TBM-3 Avenger aircraft at Matsuyama Airfield, Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2; Johnson was the first US airman to arrive on Taiwan at the end of the war
USMC Major Dick JohnsonCorsair fighter in an elevator aboard HMS Glory, off Rabaul, New Britain, 6 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2Corsair fighter in an elevator aboard HMS Glory, off Rabaul, New Britain, 6 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2Corsair fighter landing on HMS Glory, off Rabaul, New Britain, 6 Sep 1945
USMC Major Dick Johnson's TBM-3 Avenger aircraft at Matsuyama Airfield, Taiwan, 5 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2; Johnson was the first US airman to arrive on Taiwan at the end of the warCorsair fighter in an elevator aboard HMS Glory, off Rabaul, New Britain, 6 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2Corsair fighter in an elevator aboard HMS Glory, off Rabaul, New Britain, 6 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2Corsair fighter landing on HMS Glory, off Rabaul, New Britain, 6 Sep 1945

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