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THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. VICE ADMIRAL TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER EIGHTH FLEET, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, WITH BRIGADIER A.R. GARRETT (BGS II CORPS) STANDING BY. THE AUSTRALIAN OFFICER AT THE TABLE WITH HIS HAND TO HIS MOUTH IS SIR STANLEY G. SAVIGE (GOC II CORPS) AND THE OFFICER BEHIND HIM IN THE AMERICAN UNIFORM IS LIEUTENANT COLONEL J.P. COURSEY (US MARINES); THE OFFICER ON THE FAR RIGHT IS BRIGADIER J. FIELD (COMMANDER 7TH AUSTRALIAN BRIGADE). THE SECOND JAPANESE OFFICER IS LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER XVII ARMY. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR STANLEY SAVIGE, (GOC II AUSTRALIAN CORPS), SEATED AT CENTRE OF TABLE CHECKS THE TERMS OF SURRENDER DOCUMENT; OTHE
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER XVII ARMY, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. LOOKI
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, AND VICE ADMIRAL BARON TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER JAPANESE EIGHTH FLEET, SEATED AT THE SURRENDER TA
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER XVII JAPANESE ARMY, WITH HIS TWO INTERPRETERS, READ DETAILS OF THE ACTION REQUIRED BY HIM A
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, AND VICE ADMIRAL BARON TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER JAPANESE EIGHTH FLEET, MOVE INTO THE BATTLE ROOM
