Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War

Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War

WW2

A photo showing Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board of USS Missouri, 2 September 1945

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Naval History and Heritage Command

1945

Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by Adam Cuerden

This photo is in the public domain.