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80-G-490352: Surrender of Japan, August-September 1945

80-G-490352: Surrender of Japan, August-September 1945. After circling three times, a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M “Betty” which carried the envoys from Japan landed at Ie Shima airfield before proceeding to the Philippines and a meeting with General Douglas A. MacArthur, which will lead to the formal Japanese Surrender on September 2, 1945. Note the Red Crosses on the plane. The envoys were transferred immediately to a waiting C-54 to continue the trip. Photograph released August 19, 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/10).
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Caption: Surrender of Japan, August-September 1945. After circling three times, a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M “Betty” which carried the envoys from Japan landed at Ie Shima airfield before proceeding to the Philippines and a meeting with General Douglas A. MacArthur, which will lead to the formal Japanese Surrender on September 2, 1945. Note the Red Crosses on the plane. The envoys were transferred immediately to a waiting C-54 to continue the trip. Photograph released August 19, 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/10).
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