USS Missouri Japanese Surrender Ceremony: Photographs and Participant Notes and Graff Collection News Clippings, 1963 - 1970
Scope and Contents
This folder contains signed photographs and notes from Admiral Richmond K. Turner; Robert Doyle, Hugh Jasey, and an unidentified serviceman; Captain H.D. Krick; Ensign Robert S. Wright; Lieutenant Robert S. Mackey; James S. Hamilton; and General Xu Yongchang. Additional materials feature documents bearing the signatures of Captain Douglas C. Plate, Vice Admiral John Smith Hatch, Robert Dee Deputy, Joseph M. Quinn, Robert S. Hamilton, and others, many accompanied by attestations confirming their presence at the ceremony. The folder also houses a booklet containing images related to the surrender ceremony aboard the Missouri and news clippings regarding Graff collecting the signatures.
Dates
- Creation: 1963 - 1970
Creator
- From the Collection: Graff, Harmon L., 1926-2005 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet
From the Collection: 1 boxes (Bankers)
From the Collection: 1 boxes (Oversized)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Center for Pacific War Studies / National Museum of the Pacific War Repository
328 E. Austin St.
Fredericksburg Texas 78624 United States of America
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