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Signing of surrender documents by Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Hatazo Adachi, Commander of the Japanese 18th Army in New Guinea. After signing the unconditional surrender, Lt Gen Adachi is ordered to hand in his sword by the General Officer Commanding, 6th Division, Major General H. C. H. Robertson, at Wom Airstrip, New Guinea, and does so. NX9159 Major Douglas S Burrows OBE, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG) 6th Dvision, stands at attention at rear.
Cape Wom, New Guinea. 13 September 1945. Signing of surrender documents by Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Hatazo Adachi, Commander of the Japanese 18th Army in New Guinea. After signing the unconditional
MAJ-GEN H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GOC 6 DIVISION, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. LT-GEN H. ADACHI, Commander XVIII Japanese Army in New Guinea (his interpreter Captain Fred Kazuo Iwama to his left) form
MAJ-GEN H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GOC 6 DIVISION, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. LT-GEN H. ADACHI, Commander XVIII Japanese Army (his interpreter Captain Fred Kazuo Iwama to his left) formally surendere
CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. HE ACCEPTED THE TERMS UNCONDITIONALLY. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL AD
CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, DISCUSSING THE TERMS OF SURRENDER WITH MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. HE ACCEPTED THE TERMS UNCONDITIONALLY. Lieutenant General Adachi's interpreter Captain Fred Ka
