A captured Japanese paper Fu-Go Type A balloon bomb, reinflated for testing, being wheeled out of the blimp hangar at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States, 27 Aug 1945.A Japanese harbor pilot being taken aboard USS Missouri from USS Nicholas in a boatswainA Japanese naval officer with charts of Sagami and Tokyo Bays arrived aboard USS Missouri for a conference with Admiral William HalseyA Japanese officer being transported aboard USS Missouri in a boatswain
A captured Japanese paper Fu-Go Type A balloon bomb, reinflated for testing, being wheeled out of the blimp hangar at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States, 27 Aug 1945.A Japanese harbor pilot being taken aboard USS Missouri from USS Nicholas in a boatswain's chair, 27 Aug 1945A Japanese naval officer with charts of Sagami and Tokyo Bays arrived aboard USS Missouri for a conference with Admiral William Halsey's staff, 27 Aug 1945A Japanese officer being transported aboard USS Missouri in a boatswain's chair, 27 Aug 1945
American and Japanese officers reviewed charts of Sagami and Tokyo Bays aboard Missouri, 27 Aug 1945Captain Yoshihiko Wakasaki of Yokosuka Naval Base aboard USS Missouri for conference with William Halsey, 27 Aug 1945Colonel E. H. Tench, Lieutenant General Seizo Arisuyu, and Lieutenant General Seiyichi Asmata at Atsugi Airfield, Japan, 27 Aug 1945Hatsuzakura and USS Nicholas off Tokyo Bay, 27 Aug 1945 prior to transfer of Japanese translators and harbor pilots to Nicholas. Photo taken from USS O
American and Japanese officers reviewed charts of Sagami and Tokyo Bays aboard Missouri, 27 Aug 1945Captain Yoshihiko Wakasaki of Yokosuka Naval Base aboard USS Missouri for conference with William Halsey, 27 Aug 1945Colonel E. H. Tench, Lieutenant General Seizo Arisuyu, and Lieutenant General Seiyichi Asmata at Atsugi Airfield, Japan, 27 Aug 1945Hatsuzakura and USS Nicholas off Tokyo Bay, 27 Aug 1945 prior to transfer of Japanese translators and harbor pilots to Nicholas. Photo taken from USS O'Bannon.
Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura off Tokyo Bay with a whaleboat from USS Nicholas alongside to transfer Japanese translators and harbor pilots to Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945. Photo 1 of 2.Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura off Tokyo Bay with a whaleboat from USS Nicholas alongside to transfer Japanese translators and harbor pilots to Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945. Photo 2 of 2.Japanese Navy personnel preparing to be transported aboard USS Missouri, 27 Aug 1945; note USS Nicholas in backgroundJapanese photographer T. Iwamoto attaching film of surrender of Yokosuka Navy Base to a pigeon for transport to Domeo News Agency in Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1945
Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura off Tokyo Bay with a whaleboat from USS Nicholas alongside to transfer Japanese translators and harbor pilots to Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945. Photo 1 of 2.Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura off Tokyo Bay with a whaleboat from USS Nicholas alongside to transfer Japanese translators and harbor pilots to Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945. Photo 2 of 2.Japanese Navy personnel preparing to be transported aboard USS Missouri, 27 Aug 1945; note USS Nicholas in backgroundJapanese photographer T. Iwamoto attaching film of surrender of Yokosuka Navy Base to a pigeon for transport to Domeo News Agency in Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1945
Takasago Maru at port in Tokyo, Japan, 27 Aug 1945, photographed by US Navy aircraftTwo US Navy officers examining a Japanese officer’s sword on USS Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945 prior to entry into Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremony a week later. Note other swords on the table in the foreground.US and British warships in Sagami Bay, Japan, 27 Aug 1945; note Mount Fuji with setting sun behind it in background; photo taken from USS South DakotaUS Marines frisking a Japanese officer upon boarding USS Missouri, 27 Aug 1945
Takasago Maru at port in Tokyo, Japan, 27 Aug 1945, photographed by US Navy aircraftTwo US Navy officers examining a Japanese officer’s sword on USS Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945 prior to entry into Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremony a week later. Note other swords on the table in the foreground.US and British warships in Sagami Bay, Japan, 27 Aug 1945; note Mount Fuji with setting sun behind it in background; photo taken from USS South DakotaUS Marines frisking a Japanese officer upon boarding USS Missouri, 27 Aug 1945
US Navy personnel searching briefcases of Japanese Navy officers in the wardroom of USS Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945 prior to entry into Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremony a week later.USS Wasp (Essex-class) with the leading 35 feet of her flight deck collapsed by a typhoon two days earlier, 27 Aug 1945 south of Japan.USS Wasp (Essex-class) with the leading 35 feet of her flight deck collapsed by a typhoon two days earlier, 27 Aug 1945 south of Japan.
US Navy personnel searching briefcases of Japanese Navy officers in the wardroom of USS Nicholas, 27 Aug 1945 prior to entry into Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremony a week later.USS Wasp (Essex-class) with the leading 35 feet of her flight deck collapsed by a typhoon two days earlier, 27 Aug 1945 south of Japan.USS Wasp (Essex-class) with the leading 35 feet of her flight deck collapsed by a typhoon two days earlier, 27 Aug 1945 south of Japan.


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