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- clevelandcsv
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- Mr Bill Morley
- Location of story:听
- Pacific
- Background to story:听
- Royal Navy
- Article ID:听
- A5984751
- Contributed on:听
- 01 October 2005
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser signing the surrender terms on behalf of the British Government and the Crown.General McArthur is to the left of the picture
The following story can only be told if more photo's are included.This story shows History in the making,so I have tried to tell the story in sections so as to include as many photo's as possible. (Ged Fleming Cleveland CSV Story Gatherer).
Bill's Story.
I was in Gaum onboard HMS 'Duke of York' when the bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima and our orders were to proceed to Tokyo Bay.On 2nd September 1945 we were part of a fleet of ships escorting the Battleship 'Missouri' into Tokyo Bay.On entering the Bay I saw overhead a magnificent sight where over 2000 aircraft were keeping whatever was left of the Japanese Airforce at bay.General McArthur was on board 'Missouri' and received a delegation from the Japanese High Command who put pen to paper to sign a unconditional surrender. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser signed on behalf of His Majesty's Government.
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