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NH 96780 USS Missouri (BB-63)

Photo #: NH 96780 USS Missouri (BB-63)
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Title: USS Missouri (BB-63)
Description: Steaming to her anchorage in Tokyo Bay for the formal signing of the Japanese surrender, 29 August 1945. A destroyer is alongside Missouri, and USS Iowa is beyond. This photograph was flown to Washington, DC, directly from Japan, arriving on 2 September 1945, the day the Japanese surrender was signed. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 96780
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