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NH 62868 Surrender of Japan, 1945

Photo #: NH 62868 Surrender of Japan, 1945
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Title: Surrender of Japan, 1945
Description: One of two specially-marked (white overall, with green crosses) Mitsubishi G4M-1 (Betty) aircraft on an airfield on Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, 19 August 1945. The plane brought a Japanese delegation who were transferred to a USAAF C-54 to be flown to General MacArthur's headquarters in Manila, where they received instructions concerning the surrender and occupation. The wing in the foreground belongs to a C-54. Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 62868
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