Dutch East Indies

The Japanese garrison at Celebes surrenders at Menado.

Images from September 14, 1945

The Imperial Palace guards erected this quaint sign before the bridge which spans the moat to the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan. (Photograph received 14 September 1945)

Japanese Surrender at New Guinea

Prisoners of war who have been interned in the Hanawa Prisoner of War Camp #6 at Honshu, Japan, joyously greet Lt Jack Bresnick of Boston, Massachusetts, the first American they have seen in three or four years. 14 September 1945.

Greeting Americans at POW Camp

General view of the Hanawa Prisoner of War Camp #6 in Honshu, Japan. 14 September 1945.

POW Camp in Honshu