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SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, SINGAPORE. IN THE ABSENCE OF FIELD MARSHAL COUNT TERAUCHI, JAPANESE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE SOUTHERN REGIONS, THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER WAS SIGNED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LT GEN) S. ITAGAKI. SHOWN, LORD MOUNTBATTEN (2), AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY, READING THE ORDER OF THE DAY TO THE PARADE OF ALLIED SERVICE PERSONNEL ON THE PADANG IN FRONT OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: GENERAL SIR WILLIAM J. SLIM, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 14TH ARMY (1); LT GEN WHEELER, UNITED STATES ARMY, DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER, SEAC (3).
SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD I
SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD I
SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD I
SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD I
SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD I
SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD I
