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Japanese Instrument of Surrender (view source)
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The signing, which lasted twenty three minutes, was broadcasted around the world. The first to sign was the [[Japan]]ese foreign minister [[Mamoru Shigemitsu]] "By Command and on behalf of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Government" and then [[General Yoshijiro Umezo]] "By Command and on behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters" at 9:04 a.m. Then, U.S. [[General Douglas MacArthur]] signed. After him [[Chester Nimitz|Admiral Chester Nimitz]] signed for the United States, [[Hsu Yung-Ch'ang]] for the [[Republic of China]], [[Bruce Fraser]] for the United Kingdom, [[Kuzma Derevyanko]] for the Soviet Union, [[General Sir Thomas Blamey]] for Australia, [[Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave]] for Canada, [[General Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque]] for France, [[Admiral C.E.L. Helfrich]] for the Netherlands, and [[Leonard M. Isitt]] for New Zealand.
The signing, which lasted twenty three minutes, was broadcasted around the world. The first to sign was the [[Japan]]ese foreign minister [[Mamoru Shigemitsu]] "By Command and on behalf of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Government" and then [[General Yoshijiro Umezo]] "By Command and on behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters" at 9:04 a.m. Then, U.S. [[General Douglas MacArthur]] signed. After him [[Chester Nimitz|Admiral Chester Nimitz]] signed for the United States, [[Hsu Yung-Ch'ang]] for the [[Republic of China]], [[Bruce Fraser]] for the United Kingdom, [[Kuzma Derevyanko]] for the Soviet Union, [[General Sir Thomas Blamey]] for Australia, [[Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave]] for Canada, [[General Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque]] for France, [[Admiral C.E.L. Helfrich]] for the Netherlands, and [[Leonard M. Isitt]] for New Zealand.
On September 6, [[Colonel Bernard Theilen]] brought the instrument to [[Washington, D.C.]] and the following day presented it to President [[Harry Truman]] in a formal [[White House]] ceremony. It was then exhibited in the [[United States National Archives|National Archives.
On September 6, [[Colonel Bernard Theilen]] brought the instrument to [[Washington, D.C.]] and the following day presented it to President [[Harry Truman]] in a formal [[White House]] ceremony. It was then exhibited in the [[United States National Archives|National Archives]].
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:World War II]]