Admiral William Halsey talking with an assistant on A Deck
May 1945 |
Before entering Tokyo Bay, Japanese pilots came aboard the Missouri to show where mines were placed so as to proceed with clearance of the ship
August 27, 1945 |
Unknown Japanese photographer, guarded by a U.S. Marine and a Missouri Officer, photographs the Japanese surrender ceremony
September 2, 1945 |
At microphone, General Douglas MacArthur; behind him (l. to r.) Admiral Chester Nimitz, Gen Hsu Yung-Chang (China), Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser (England), Lt. Gen. Kozma Nikolaevish Derevyanko (USSR), Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey (Australia)
September 2, 1945 |
Japanese delegation at the formal surrender ceremony
September 2, 1945 |
U.S.S. Missouri, Norfolk, Virginia, "Open House"
October 19, 1945 |
President Harry S. Truman visits the Missouri on Navy Day. He is shown seated at the spot where the surrender took place.
October 27, 1945 |
Johnny Paluchi (ph.) and Ed Wadington
Circa autumn 1945 |
Coffin holding cremated remains of the Turkish ambassador to the U.S., Mehmet Munir Ertegun. The remains were taken back to Istanbul, Turkey, aboard the U.S.S. Missouri
Circa 1946 |
U.S. Marine honor guard at attention as the coffin is offloaded to a Turkish naval vessel for delivery to Turkey
Circa 1946 |
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