Which Allied representative signed below his line on Japan's surrender document, causing corrections?

Canadian representative Lawrence Moore Cosgrave signed below his designated line on Japan's surrender document, causing corrections.

Cosgrave was a Canadian Army colonel and represented Canada at the September 2, 1945, ceremony aboard USS Missouri. He was blind in one eye because of a World War I injury and mistakenly signed beneath the printed line intended for him.

The error affected the placement of later Allied signatures on the Japanese copy of the document. General Richard K. Sutherland, MacArthur's chief of staff, crossed out the printed titles and rewrote them by hand in the correct positions. He initialed each alteration, and the Japanese representatives accepted the corrected document.

The mistake did not invalidate the surrender. Both the Allied and Japanese copies were signed and retained as official records. The episode is a small but memorable detail of a ceremony otherwise planned with exceptional precision, including seating, order of signatures, timing, and the display of historic flags.