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| General Walter Krueger of US 6th Army inspecting US Marines at Mount Martha, Melbourne, Australia, 1943; note General William Rupertus and Colonel Merritt Edson | Generals Walter Kreuger, William Rupertus, and Douglas MacAthur, circa 1943 | Krueger, MacArthur, and Marshall in the South Pacific, late 1943 | MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945, photo 4 of 4 |
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| Nimitz signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2 | Nimitz signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2 | One page from the USS Missouri deck log for 2 Sep 1945 listing many of the dignitaries who came aboard for the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, Japan. |
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