At the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, the Canadian Colonel Cosgrave signed the Japanese Peace Document underneath, instead of on, the line for Canada. The Japanese drew attention to the error. General Sutherland leaned over the table and ran two strokes of his pen through the names of the four countries above the misplaced signatures and wrote them in where they belonged. The Japanese then accepted the corrected document.
RichardK. Sutherland (November 27, 1893 - June 25, 1966) was a Lieutenant General of the US Army and General MacArthur's Chief of Staff during World War II.
Sutherland was born in Hancock, Maryland and was the son of former US Senator Howard Sutherland, of West Virginia, and Etfie Harris Sutherland.
Sutherland died at Walter Reed Medical Center and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
RichardK. Sutherland watches Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), September 2, 1945
RichardK. Sutherland (November 27, 1893 – June 25, 1966) was a Lieutenant General of the US Army and General MacArthur's Chief of Staff in the South West Pacific Area during World War II.
Sutherland died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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