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Lot of 27, featuring four Naval Communications, one souvenir surrender document, and 22 photographs. Three of the communications are dated 17 August 1945, all on US Naval Communication Service forms. (6.5 x 8 in.) The first is stamped "Top Secret," issued by McArthur. "Pursuant to Directive from the President of the United States and in Accordance with agreement among the governments of the United States, Chinese Republic, United Kingdom and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics I have been designated as the Supreme Commander for the Allied Forces...The channel of communications with the Japanese Imperial government and Japanese Imperial Headquarters will be through these Headquarters." Sent to Nimitz (CINCPAC), Wedemeyer (CG CHINA), Mountbatten (SACSEA), Deane (Mil Mission Moscow) plus WARCOS and PACFLT for general information. Second and third dispatches relate to the surrender signing and have no special classification: "In my capacity as the United States Representative at the Surrender soon to take place I invite you to be present with me to witness the surrender to which your force has contributed so much..." Addressed to "Deputy Com Air Force Guam" from "CINCPAC ADV." The second from "COMDGEN FMFPAC" to "CINCPAC ADV" is an acceptance: "Am most happy to accept invitation ...with assurance that this honor will be much appreciated by all Marines who have participated in the many hard battles fo the Pacific under your command." The fourth is dated 2 Sept 1945, from McArthur: "Formal surrender of the Japanese Imperial Government. / Japanese Imperial General Headquarters All Japanese and Japanese controlled armed forces wherever located was signed on the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay at 0908/1 2 September 1945." 22 silver gelatin photographs, each 8 x 10 in., documenting the surrender signing. Highlights include: aerial view of the USS Missouri (BB-63); view of the 31-star Commodore Matthew Perry flag. This was the flag flown by Perry when he entered Tokyo Bay in 1853; the Japanese delegation standing at attention on the deck; MacArthur and Nimitz arriving at site; Douglas MacArthur addressing the attendees at the opening ceremony, many of the allies behind him. Visible in this view are (L to R) Chester Nimitz, Gen. Hsu Yung-chang (Rep. of China), Adm Sir Bruce Fraser, RN, UK, Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko, Soviet Union, Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey (Australia); Wider view of MacArthur’s opening speech, with the same players as above, plus Col. Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canada, Gen. Jacques LeClerc, France, Adm. Conrad E.L. Helfrich, Netherlands, and Vice Adm. Leonard M. Isitt, New Zealand; Japanese Foreign Minister approaching table; Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese Foreign Minister signing document (3 different views); Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu, Japanese Chief of Army General Staff, signing; the Allies' representatives each signing, including MacArthur, Nimitz (actually signed last), Gen. Hsu Yung-chang, China, Adm. Bruce Fraser, RN, UK, Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko, Soviet Union, Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey, Comm.-in-Chief, Australian Forces, Col. Lawrence Cosgrave, Canada, Gen. Jacques LeClerc, France, Adm. Conrad Helfrich, Netherlands, Vice Adm. Leonard Isitt, New Zealand; Japanese delegation leaving. An 8 x 9.5 bound "Souvenir Copy of the Instrument of Surrender of the Japanese Emperor and Government at Tokyo Bay September 2, 1945" is also included. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ World War II Dispatch Collection Lots 222-228 J. John Fox (1905-1999) was born in Paterson, NJ, but grew up in and worked most of his adult life in Boston, MA. He attended Boston University, then enrolled in Boston University Law School. It was there he acquired the nickname “Just John” Fox, his reply to a professor’s question about his name. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Fox enlisted in the Navy, despite being around 36 years old. Initially he served in the North Atlantic b