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Description
"U.S.S. Missouri. Over this spot on 2 September 1945 the instrument of formal surrender of Japan to the Allied Powers was signed, thus bringing to a close the second World War. The ship at that time was at anchor in Tokyo Bay. Latitude 35° 21' 17" North -- Longitude 139° 45' 36" East"
Publication Date
1945
Keywords
United States Navy, World War 1939-1945, Regimental Histories, U.S.S. Missouri, Battleship BB-63, Japanese surrender, Mamour Shigumitsu, Harry Truman, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, General Douglas MacArthur
Disciplines
Military History
Recommended Citation
United States Navy, "The history of USS Missouri" (1945). Regimental Histories. 206.
https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/206
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