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NH 62869 Surrender of Japan, 1945

Photo #: NH 62869 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 Japanese envoys who were transferred to a USAAF C-54 and flown to Manila, where they received instructions concerning the surrender and occupation. Note crowd of onlookers, and armed guards protecting the Japanese plane. Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 62869
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