16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.) Japan's Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu (C), standing next to his aide (L), and Imperial Army General Yoshijiro Umezu while somberly waiting to sign official surrender ...

Aboard the USS Missouri, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu signed the Instrument of Surrender. The two men were later convicted of war crimes. Gen. Douglas ...