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CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. HE ACCEPTED THE TERMS UNCONDITIONALLY. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION, IN A CEREMONY AT CAPE WOM AIRSTRIP. Lieutenant General Adachi's interpreter Captain Fred Kazuo Iwama is to his left. NX9159 MAJOR D.S.I. BURROWS, DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL, 6 DIVISION, IS THE AUSTRALIAN WEARING A SLOUCH HAT CLOSEST TO THE TABLE.
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Colour: Black & white
Date Made
13 September 1945
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Copyright expired - public domain
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