Burma

Japanese forces in Burma formally surrender in Rangoon.

Occupied Japan

The first American units, Air Force technicians, arrive in Japan at Atsugi airfield. Their arrival has been delayed for 48 hours by the forecast of a typhoon.

Images from August 28, 1945

Yap Island, 28 August 1945. Japanese plane in center of surrender message

Surrender Message

Yap Island, August 28, 1945. Copy of picture of SB2C over Yaptown on 28 August 1945 after message appeared on the airstrip

SB2C over Yaptown

Yap Island, 28 August 1945. Yap town in ruins

Yaptown in Ruins

Yap Island, 28 August 1945. Japanese message on the airstrip reads, '...is Understood. Wait for a few days ... for the orders of the commanders of the Palau Islands.'

Japanese Message on the Airstrip

Warships of the US Third Fleet and the British Pacific Fleet in Sagami Wan, 28 August 1945, preparing for the the formal Japanese surrender a few days later. Mount Fuji is in the background. Nearest ship is USS Missouri (BB-63), flying Admiral William F. Halsey's four-star flag. The British battleship HMS Duke of York is just beyond her, with HMS King George V further in. USS Colorado (BB-45) is in the far center distance. Also present are US and British cruisers and US destroyers.

US and British Warships

P-38L Lightning of the 433rd FS 475th Fighter Group, Lingayen, 28 August 1945

P-38L Lightning at Lingayen

28 August 1945, HMS Duke of York en route and on arrival at Tokyo

HMS Duke of York

The Surrender Ceremony at Rangoon 28 August General Numata Takazo signs the surrender agreement

Surrender Ceremony at Rangoon