September 2 in American History
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japanese officials signed the instrument of surrender, ending World War II. Six years of world war, over — with the ceremony held on the deck of an American battleship named for the state that gave the world Harry Truman.
In 1945: V-J Day, Japan formally surrenders. Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japanese officials signed the instrument of surrender, ending World War II.
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japanese officials signed the instrument of surrender, ending World War II. Six years of world war, over — with the ceremony held on the deck of an American battleship named for the state that gave the world Harry Truman.
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