Token of Surrender, 75 ago today

Tokyo Bay. Japan. 30 August 1945.

“Token of surrender. Commander Yuzo Tanno hands over the keys of Yokosuka Naval Base to Captain H. J. Buchanan, Royal Australian Navy. Buchanan led the first British Commonwealth party to go ashore in Japan.”

AWM Photo 019422

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