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Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War

Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by Adam Cuerden · 1945

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Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by Adam Cuerden
Date
1945
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Wikimedia Commons
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Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by Adam Cuerden, Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War. 1945. Wikimedia Commons. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mamoru_Shigemitsu_signs_the_Instrument_of_Surrender,_officially_ending_the_Second_World_War.jpg.

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Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War (Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by Adam Cuerden, 1945)

Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by Adam Cuerden, Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War