65 Years Ago Today: Wwii Ends Baldacci Urges Ringing of Bells to Mark V-J Day
Bangor Daily News › September 02, 2010
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Dateline USS MISSOURI, Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945. Newspapers worldwide carried the story that World War II was officially over.
The now-familiar photo of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Allied commander, signing the papers on V-J Day, Sept. 2, wouldn't be in papers until Tuesday, Sept. 4, but The Associated Press assured readers that the event had gone as expected:See the full content of this document
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65 Years Ago Today: Wwii Ends Baldacci Urges Ringing of Bells to Mark V-J Day
"Amid military pomp and power of the Allied Nations, the documents of Japan's unconditional surrender were signed today on the quarterdeck of this great battleship under a hazy sky. The sun broke through just as the brief ceremony ended."
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and other Japanese officials wore morning clothes, gloves and black silk top h...See the full content of this document
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