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Maj.-Gen. Okada handing over his sword during the ceremony marking the surrender of Japan in Hong Kong, Government House

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Klaus
Sun, 09/06/2015 - 04:52
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Source: This image came from Flickr, see https://flickr.com/photo.gne?id=6174911979

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15 Sep 1945
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Umekichi OKADA [1891-1967]
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