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NATIONAL ARCHIVE PHOTO

Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu, chief of the Japanese army's general staff, signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of Japanese Imperial General Headquarters on the battleship USS Missouri, Sept. 2, 1945. Watching from across the table are Army Lt. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland and Supreme Commander of Allied Forces Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Representatives of the Allied powers are behind MacArthur.