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Corey Thornton, Curator at the MacArthur Memorial in

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Corey Thornton, Curator at the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia places one of the surrender pens used by General Douglas MacArthur to sign the instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri (BB 63) in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. The pen is in the collections of the MacArthur Memorial, and was brought to the deck of the Battleship, USS Wisconsin (BB 64) to be used in a live-streamed ceremony commemorating the end of World War II. The ceremony was coordinated by the Virginia WWI and WWII Commission. (US Navy Photo by Max Lonzanida/Released).

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02/09/2020
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museum norfolk naval history and heritage command hampton roads naval museum general douglas macarthur end of wwii navy museum city of norfolk museum artifact macarthur memorial fountain pen surrender pen max lonzanida general douglas macarthur surrender pen dvids ultra high resolution high resolution norfolk virginia uss missouri virginia us navy