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Original – Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri, 2 September 1945. Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army, watches from the opposite side of the table. Foreign Ministry representative Toshikazu Kase is assisting Mr. Shigemitsu.
Alt 1 Restored version by Adam Cuerden
Reason
High quality with an encyclopedic value
Articles in which this image appears
1945, Surrender of Japan, Japanese Instrument of Surrender, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Richard K. Sutherland, Toshikazu Kase
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Stephen E. Korpanty

Promoted File:Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:49, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]