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AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. NAVAL RATINGS WAITING TO FALL IN FOR THE PARADE AT THE SURRENDER CEREMONY COVERING THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN AND THE SOLOMONS, WHICH TOOK PLACE ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS GLORY. 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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