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ID: DN-ST-92-08725 Service Depicted: Other Service

A close-up view of the plaque aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) that commemorates the end of World War II. The official surrender by Japan took place aboard the MISSOURI on Sep. 2, 1945, with Shigemitsu Mamoru, representative of the Japanese emperor, signing surrender documents in the presence of ADM Chester Nimitz, representing the United States Navy, and GEN Douglas MacArthur, acting as the supreme commander of Allied forces for the proceeding.
Date Taken on 31 March 1992
Source http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=DNST9208725&JPGPath=/Assets/Still/1992/Navy/DN-ST-92-08725.JPG
Author Camera Operator: JOC(AW) GLORIA MONTGOMERY

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