Surrender Ceremony - 2 September 1945 (open access)

Surrender Ceremony - 2 September 1945

Hal Lamar's copy of a document entitled "Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945." The document lists a Schedule of Arrivals, Procedure for Assembling, and lists the names of Officers, Allied Representatives, and Japanese Representatives expected to attend. Several diagrams lay out the personnel arrangements on the USS Missouri.
Date: September 2, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surrender Ceremony - Sequence of Events (open access)

Surrender Ceremony - Sequence of Events

Document describing the surrender ceremony sequence of events on Truk Islands aboard the USS Portland. Document gives instructions on meeting and interacting with the Japanese delegation during the surrender. The appendices illustrate arrangement of personnel.
Date: September 2, 1945
Creator: Maquin, O. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History