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Copyright JANM
photograph
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

photograph

Date1945
Mediumpaper
DimensionsL: 5 in, W: 4 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Don S. Okubo
Object number95.85.59
Description1 photographic print: b&w; Rear Admiral Kamada, in uniform with glasses and white gloves and a stick in his left hand, walking towards camera on deck of ship; U.S. officer walk directly behind Adm. Kamada; another Imperial Japanese soldier a little further behind.

Written on verso in black ink, "Arrival of Rear Adm. Kamada to sign the surrender at Maleolap Atoll / Sept 6, 1945"; on lower right corner, "#23"

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