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AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. COLONEL R.W. SAVIGE, CHIEF STAFF OFFICER AND WING COMMANDER MATHISON ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS GLORY, WAITING FOR THE ARRIVAL OF GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDER EIGHT AREA ARMY, AND PARTY. THE SURRENDER CEREMONY, COVERING THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN AND THE SOLOMONS, TOOK PLACE ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF 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.
Colonel R.W. Savige, Chief Staff Officer (right), attending a conference with Australian and Japanese staff officers after the surrender ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Glory. The surrender o
Colonel R.W. Savige, Chief Staff Officer (right), attending a conference with Australian and Japanese staff officers after the surrender ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Glory. The surrender o
AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY TALKING TO GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDER EIGHTH AREA ARMY, AT THE SURRENDER CEREMON
AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. THE SURRENDER CEREMONY ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS GLORY. GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDER EIGHTH AREA ARMY, SALUTING LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE,
AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDER EIGHTH AREA ARMY, AND JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY, WALKING TOWARDS LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING
AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. THE SURRENDER CEREMONY ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS GLORY SHOWING GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDER EIGHTH AREA ARMY, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER.
