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  Patriots Point Education Department

Today is the 70th anniversary of v-j day

9/2/2015

 
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On this day, in 1945, the Japanese officially surrendered to the Allied Forces.

The formal signing  ceremony was held on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Pictured above is General Douglas MacArthur who was Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces.  He and Admiral Chester Nimitz signed for the United States followed by leaders from the rest of the Allied Nations.

Pictured below is a reproduction of the signing that is located on tour 4 on board the USS Yorktown.

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