JAPAN SURRENDERED, WWII ENDED 80 YEARS AGO TODAY
Tokyo, Japan (JFK+50) On September 2, 1945, representatives of the Emperor of Japan signed the Instruments of Surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay.
At 0902 hours, General Douglas MacArthur* said...
"It is my hope that a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past to the fulfillment of...freedom, tolerance and justice."
*MacArthur was Commander in the Southwest Pacific & Supreme Commander For the Allied Powers
JFK+50 NOTE
These documents were formally received into the holdings of the National Archives on Oct 1, 1945.
SOURCES
"Japan Surrenders, WWII Is Over!," JFK+50, www.jfk50.blogspot.com/
"Surrender of Japan (1945)," Milestone Documents, National Archives, www.archives.gov/
