Images(2)

photograph

Date1945

Mediumpaper

DimensionsL: 4 in, W: 5 in

ClassificationsPhotographic Archives

Credit LineGift of Don S. Okubo

Object number95.85.57

Description1 photographic print: b&w; 5 men seated at a table, table has several appliances; 2 have their backs to camera and are Imperial Japanese officers; other 3 are U.S. officers facing camera; man in Navy Sailor uniform standing at left; one man is visible through the doorway in background; 3 other men are blurry in the background.

Written on verso with black ink, "Signing of surrender at Maleolap Atoll, Marshall Island aboard US destroyer. / LT. Harris is trying to explain to Adm. Kamada in Japanese but having lot of trouble. / Sept 6, 1945"; on lower right corner, "#25"