WORLD WAR II]. MACARTHUR, Douglas, General of the Army, Supreme Allied Commander, Pacific and Chester W. NIMITZ, Admiral, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet . A 48-Star American National Flag, signed by MacArthur ("Douglas MacArthur") and Admiral Nimitz ("C.W. Nimitz"), labeled in ink in another hand "U.S.S. Missouri , September 2, 1945." 11/3/4 x 17 1/8 in., printed in red and blue on white nylon silk, the ink inscriptions slightly feathered due to the absorbency of the silk, but still quite clear. SIGNED AT THE JAPANESE SURRENDER BY MACARTHUR AND NIMITZ An excellent memento of the momentous events which took place on the deck of the battleship Missouri on 2 September 1945, when military and diplomatic representatives of the nine Allied powers assembled to accept the unconditional surrender of the Imperial Army and Navy, ending hostilities in World War II. Nimitz and MacArthur, who had long been bitter rivals in the Pacific theater, were careful to sign on the same white horizontal line, as if to assert their equality of command.
WORLD WAR II]. MACARTHUR, Douglas, General of the Army, Supreme Allied Commander, Pacific and Chester W. NIMITZ, Admiral, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet . A 48-Star American National Flag, signed by MacArthur ("Douglas MacArthur") and Admiral Nimitz ("C.W. Nimitz"), labeled in ink in another hand "U.S.S. Missouri , September 2, 1945." 11/3/4 x 17 1/8 in., printed in red and blue on white nylon silk, the ink inscriptions slightly feathered due to the absorbency of the silk, but still quite clear. SIGNED AT THE JAPANESE SURRENDER BY MACARTHUR AND NIMITZ An excellent memento of the momentous events which took place on the deck of the battleship Missouri on 2 September 1945, when military and diplomatic representatives of the nine Allied powers assembled to accept the unconditional surrender of the Imperial Army and Navy, ending hostilities in World War II. Nimitz and MacArthur, who had long been bitter rivals in the Pacific theater, were careful to sign on the same white horizontal line, as if to assert their equality of command.
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