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Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: April 26, 2009
Caption: Instrument of Surrender
Additional Description: This copy of the Instrument of Surrender that was signed aboard the U. S. S. Missouri is on display at the United States Military Academy at West Point. The pen seen to the left of the document was the first used by Gen. Douglas MacArthur to sign the Japanese surrender.
Submitted: September 30, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p174527
File Size: 1.011 Megabytes

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