v0031
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« on: August 19, 2016, 07:29:36 PM » |
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« edited: August 19, 2016, 07:40:42 PM by v0031 »
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Numerous distinguished ships were present at the surrender. USS South Dakota had perhaps the most illustrious record among the battleships, having served in the Pacific theater since 1942. USS West Virginia had survived Pearl Harbor. HMS Duke of York and HMS King George V each had a German battleship to their credit (Scharnhorst and Bismarck, respectively) and had each lost a sister to the Japanese, in HMS Prince of Wales. HIJMS Nagato and a few Japanese ships were also present.
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