Bombs and Other Things - The Final Steps to Japan's Defeat in 1945

Aotearoa Heritage and History

Presented by RADM (Rtd) David Ledson, former Chief of the Royal NZ Navy.

Co- hosted by RNZE CT/ECMC and Palmerston North City Library.

Donations to the RNZE Charitable Trust would be appreciated.

Image: [Surrender of Japanese aboard USS "Missouri"[. (1945). Japanese representatives await the opening of the signing ceremony. The chief signatories for Japan are Mr. Shigemitsu, Japanese Foreign Minister, (with walking stick) and on his left, General Yoshijiro, [Photograph]. Australian War Memorial

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