This reproduction preserves the formal surrender document by which Japanese commanders relinquished control of the Ryukyu Islands to the United States Tenth Army on September 7, 1945, five days after the general Japanese surrender at Yokohama. Signed by Japanese military and naval commanders and accepted by General Joseph W. Stilwell, this document marks the definitive end of Japanese military authority over Okinawa and the surrounding island chain at the close of World War II. Project: 218543