From Wikipedia.
(1887-1957)
In the last weeks i have been writing about the official Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri. The Instrument of Surrender was signed by Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu. I did some more research on him.
He was a diplomat and politician of the Empire of Japan and Minister of Foreign Affairs at the end of World War II. To him fell the job of signing the surrender document ending the war.
After graduating from law school in 1909, he served various diplomatic postings including Germany, United Kingdom and was briefly consulate in Seattle, Washington.
He was active in various European capitals to reduce alarm at Japanese military actions in Manchuria.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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