On the USS Missouri before the Ceremonies

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(On the USS Missouri before the Ceremonies)

On the USS Missouri before the Ceremonies

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (left) and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz walk past Turret Number Two to take their places for the surrender ceremonies, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945.

As destroyers delivered participants from Yokohama to USS Missouri's port side, officers from nearby ships were arriving by boat and being piped aboard at the battleship's starboard side. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Pacific Commander in Chief and the official United States' Representative at the surrender ceremonies, came aboard at 8:05 AM. The Supreme Allied Commander, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, arrived via destroyer about forty minutes later.

Shortly before the Japanese were scheduled to arrive, spectators, the press and the Allied participants took their places. MacArthur, Nimitz and Admiral William F. Halsey walked past them to their own positions. At 8:56, the Japanese delegation began to come on board.

Source: Department of the Navy--Naval Historical Center

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