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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 62595 Surrender of Japan, 1945 Ships in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, celebrate the news of peace with a pyrotechnic display, 15 August 1945. Ship in the right middle distance is USS LST-1044. Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 485 pixels

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11 February 1999