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Original Copy of Surrender Ceremony Documents on USS Missouri

Surrender Ceremony Held on USS Missouri

Original Surrender Ceremony Documents Copy for Japan Surrender Ceremony on USS Missouri

The following documents show the planning that went into the Japanese Surrender Ceremony on board the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. 

 

 

Group "A" –ARMY

Seating Arrangement for Japan Surrender on USS Missouri

Flag Allowance Orders

Flag Allowance Orders

FLAG ALLOWANCE ORDERS.

Subject: Flag Allowance General Quarters and Dispersion Bill.

1. When general quarters or torpedo defense quarters are sounded for other thean drill, or test purposes or morning and evening alert, men of the THIRD Fleet Flag allowance will proceed to the stations assigned them as follows:

(a) Flag Plot

Carr, Y [...]

Surrender Ceremony Schedule of Arrivals 2 September 1945

Surrender Ceremony Schedule of Arrivals

Surrender Ceremony Schedule of Arrivals

 

Order of Dignitaries

Order of Dignitaries on USS Missouri Japanese Surrender

Order of Dignitaries During Peace Treaty Signing

This document part of my World War 2 Surrender documents which contains the Order of Dignitaries during the Peace Treaty signing on board the USS Missouri during the Japanese Surrender on September 2, 1945. 

The following dignitaries attended the Japanese Surrender Ceremonies on board the USS [...]

Staff and Flag Allowance Damage Control and Fire Bill

staff and flag allowance

This document is a memorandum from the USS Missouri during the Japanese Surrender 23 May 1945 and states:

 

United States Pacific Fleet

Third Fleet

23 May 1945

STAFF MEMORANDUM:

Subject:                          Staff and Flag Allowance Damage Control and Fire Bill

 

1.             In the [...]

Procedure of Assembling on Veranda Deck for Actual Ceremony

USS Missouri Japan Surrender Ceremony Procedure on Veranda Deck

Procedure of Assembling on Veranda Deck for Actual Ceremony

 

The following document details how the Japanese Surrender Ceremony was scheduled. 

8:30                         Officers in groups A, B, and C other than signatories will take places as set forth in annex able as indicated and thereafter in order of seniority as practicable.

8:45                         (Same [...]