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AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. CORSAIR AIRCRAFT ON FLIGHT DECK OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS GLORY. THE CORSAIRS PROVIDED AIR COVER DURING THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN AND THE SOLOMONS, BY GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDER EIGHTH AREA ARMY, AND VICE ADMIRAL J. KUSAKA, COMMANDER SOUTH EAST AREA FLEET, WAS ACCEPTED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY.
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