Keywords: Wake island 1945 surrender.jpg 85002726 Source http //www history navy mil/photos/images/h96000/h96813c htm Photo NH 96813 Surrender of Wake Atoll 4 September 1945 Raising the U S flag over Wake Island on 4 September 1945 as a U S Marine Corps bugler plays Colors This was the first time the Stars and Stripes had flown over Wake since its capture by the Japanese on 23 December 1941 The officer saluting in the right foreground is Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara Japanese commander on Wake Colors carried by the U S party right background include the U S Marine Corps flag Photographed by R O Kepler USMC U S Marine Corps Photograph in the Collections of the Naval Historical Center PD-USGov-Military-Navy Surrender of Japan 4 September September 1945 Wake Island Flag hoisting |