Japanese Surrender, USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay 2 September 1945
- Title
- Japanese Surrender, USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay 2 September 1945
- Description
- Photograph showing Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966) signing the Instrument of Surrender on board the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) during the formal ceremony ending World War II. Standing behind him are representatives of the victorious Allied Powers including General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz autographed it in the bottom margin for his Air Force friend and comrade, Frank A. Armstrong Jr.
- Date
- September 02, 1945
- Original Format
- photographs
- Extent
- 12cm x 10cm
- Local Identifier
- 0035-fos1
- Subject(s)
- Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
- World War, 1939-1945--Peace
- Capitulations, Military--Japan
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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- Frank A. Armstrong Jr. Papers from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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