Signing of the instruments of surrender formalizing the capitulation of Japan to the Allied Forces in World War II. The Battleship USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay. The U.S. Destroyer, Buchanan, pulls alongside bringing representatives of the Allied Powers to participate. U.S. General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces boards the USS Missouri and is welcomed by Fleet Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Halsey. They proceed to the ship's Veranda deck for the signing ceremony. Japanese delegation led by Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, accompanied by General Yoshijiro Umezo arrives in a boat. Speech by MacArthur as Japanese delegation looks on. Japanese representatives sign the surrender instruments. General MacArthur then signs using several pens that he presents to U.S. General Wainwright and British General Percival and others. Admiral Chester Nimitz signs for all U.S. forces, followed by Admiral Halsey. Allied representatives then sign for China, the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, Australia, Canada, France, Netherlands, and New Zealand. MacArthur gives closing comments. Allied aircraft fly overhead after the ceremony.
Allied invasion of Iheya Jima, Japan during World War II. Allied landing crafts and ships at the harbor. A destroyer fires at the beach. United States 2nd Marine Division troops loaded in LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) underway at sea. Landing craft move towards the beach. An Allied plane lays a smoke screen. Landing craft in the foreground.
Aftermath of Allied invasion of Iheya Jima, Japan during World War II. A Japanese woman. A wounded native man receives medical aid. Men and women sit in a line. Elderly women wounded due to Allied attacks. A child given blood plasma by allied medics. A Japanese man carried away on litter. United States Navy Corpsmen treat a native. LCT (Landing Craft Tank) and LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) on the beach. A Japanese woman and a child seated on the ground as they talk to an Allied soldier.
Aftermath of Allied invasion of Iheya Jima in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A wrecked town on the island. A United States soldier rides a burro. A military police officer guards over a group of natives. Pillbox of burial tomb blasted by Allied naval guns. A man at the beach with Landing Vehicle Tracked underway in the background. Soldiers load supplies onto a truck.
United States Marine Corps in Senaga Shima, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A United States Marine Corps interpreter talks to Japanese prisoner of war (POW). Marines search through the rubble with the help of an Okinawan. Smoke rises from behind the trees.
United States Marine Corps in Senaga Shima, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A United States Marine Corps interpreter talks to Japanese Prisoner of War. A prisoner reads some documents. Prisoner seated in a field. Some more prisoners brought in a jeep. Marines talk to them. Japanese prisoner of war talks to people inside cave to surrender. A Japanese flame thrower throws flame in a cave. He along with Marines climbs up a hill.
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