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095744 Accession Number: 095744

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AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDER EIGHTH AREA ARMY SALUTES AS HE COMES ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS GLORY FOR THE SIGNING OF THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN AND THE SOLOMONS. THE SURRENDER OF GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDER EIGHTH AREA ARMY AND VICE ADMIRAL J. KUSAKA, COMMANDER SOUTH EAST AREA FLEET, WAS ACCEPTED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY.

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095744

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Photograph

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Negative

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Colour: Black & white

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Whole

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1

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