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LABUAN ISLAND. 1945-09-10. MAJOR GENERAL G. F. WOOTTEN, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 9TH DIVISION, ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASAO BABA, SUPREME COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES IN BORNEO AND COMMANDER 37TH JAPANESE ARMY, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 9TH DIVISION. SHOWN, MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY SPEAKING TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. E. L. MORGAN, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, 9TH DIVISION, AT LABUAN AIRSTRIP. SHOWN: MAJOR GENERAL KURODA, CHIEF OF STAFF TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL BABA (FOREGROUND).
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