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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 62594 Surrender of Japan, 1945 Ships in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, firing pyrotechnic flares to celebrate the news that Japan had accepted Allied terms, 15 August 1945. Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 71B; 740 x 500 pixels

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11 February 1999