Colonal General Gustaf Jodl, Chief of Staff under the Doenitz Regime, signs the document of unconditional surrender. On Jodl's left is General Admiral Von Friedeburg of the German Navy, and on the right is Major Wilhelm Oxenius of the German General Staff. Behind Von Friedeburg is Maj. Gen. K.W.D. Strong, G-2, SHAEF.
Onboard the battleship USS Missouri, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government.
These Four woman shown leaving their ship at the four
engine school at Lockbourne are members of a group of WASPS who have been trained to ferry the B-17 Fortresses.