People observe a minute of silence on the 18th anniversary of the WWII surrender at Tokyo Station on August 15, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan.
The remains of the barracks at the Japanese Army Divisional Grounds, 4200 feet from where the atomic bomb landed at Hiroshima.
United States Navy personnel of the Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri mass on the main deck and superstructure of the battleship to observe the...
Aerial view of Tokyo razed by American bombing carried out on the evening of March 9th by 334 B-29 Super Flying Fortresses. Tokyo, March 1945
General Douglas MacArthur watches as representatives of Japan stand aboard USS Missouri prior to signing of the Instrument of Surrender ending World...
Japanese Imperial Headquarters representative General Yoshijiro Umezu signing Japanese Instrument of Surrender while General MacArthur watches,...
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mamoru Shigemitsu, signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay at the end of...
Soldiers and sailors on the decks of the USS Missouri to watch the Japanese surrender which was signed on board, Tokyo Bay, 2nd September 1945.
American military officer Richard K Sutherland watches as Japanese military officer General Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff, signs...
World War II Photo - Surrender ceremony on USS Missouri Tokyo Bay. Japanese foreign minister, Namoru Shigemitsu, signs surrender terms as Allied...
Lieutenant General Richard K Sutherland of the United States Army watches as Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese...
Japanese delegation, led by Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, approaching the table to sign the surrender aboard the US battleship USS Missouri, September...
Happy crowd waves flags and copies of the newspaper showing off the headlines proclaiming Japan's surrender, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1945.
Japanese Imperial Army Captain Sakae Oba surrenders his samurai sword to Lt. Col. Howard Kurgis at Saipan on December 1, 1945. Oba and 46 other...
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz signs the instrument of surrender for the United States aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945. Immediately behind...
August 14 New York: These youths have a car to help them in their celebration of Japan's surrender to the Allies, and they park in the vicinity of...
Police officers examine helmets and gas masks collected after the surrender circa 1945 in Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan. The helmets were melted and reused...
Japanese people listen to the 'Gyokuon Hoso', which is the radio broadcast of the Emperor Hirohito reading the Imperial Rescript of acceptance of the...
The Japanese delegation lead by Mamoru Shigemitsu and Yoshijiro Umezu arrives on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, to sign the Instrument of...
British Intelligence Officer shows General Takazo Numata of the Japanese Southern Army where to place his signature during the formal surrender of...
General Navta and other officers of the Japanese Southern Army arrive by plane prior to signing the formal surrender of all Japanese forces in South...
Japanese prisoner of war, captured on Guam, weeps after hearing Emperor Hirohito's surrender, August 15, 1945.
Demobilized Japanese soldiers and civilians crowd into passenger cars aboard trains bound for Tokyo following the surrender of the Empire of Japan to...