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#11 Lt. Commander Porter Clayton accepts a ceremonial sword as a gesture of surrender. Picture taken on Futtsu Saki Peninsula.

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#11 Lt. Commander Porter Clayton accepts a ceremonial sword as a gesture of surrender. Picture taken on Futtsu Saki Peninsula.

The Ceremony of Unconditional Surrender: Japan’s formal end of WWII

#11 Lt. Commander Porter Clayton accepts a ceremonial sword as a gesture of surrender. Picture taken on Futtsu Saki Peninsula.

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