Japanese soldiers wading out to surrender to a United States boat, Okinawa, Japan, 1945
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Photograph. Japanese soldiers, holding their clothes on their heads, walking in chest-deep water towards an American boat so as to surrender. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/24/45--Japanese surrender--Japanese soldiers, holding their clothes on their heads, wade out to surrender to the crew of an American picket boat off the Keranas, a group of islands near Okinawa in the Pacific. The percentage of prisoner taken by U.S. forces is steadily increasing as the war approaches the Japanese homeland.--Navy Photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority- (A List out)." Near Okinawa, Japan. 24 July 1945