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Photo #: 80-G-339804 Surrender of Japan, 1945 Japanese officers' briefcases are searched for possible weapons, in the wardroom of USS Nicholas (DD-449), as the destroyer carried them to confer with Allied representatives concerning the entry of U.S. and British warships into Sagami Wan and Tokyo Bay, 27 August 1945. Nicholas's Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander Raynha Townshend, USNR, is in the left center. Photographed by Lieutenant (Junior Grade) G. Zenier. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 595 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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19 February 1999