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09-02-07, 09:23 AM
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Japan Surrenders To Allies, Signs Rigid Terms On Warship; Truman Sets Today As V-J Day
War Comes To End
Articles of Capitulation Endorsed by Countries in Pacific Conflict
MacArthur Sees Peace
Emperor Orders Subjects to Obey All Commands Issued by General
War Comes To End As Japanese Sign
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aboard The U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Sunday, Sept. 2
Japan surrendered formally and unconditionally to the Allies today in a twenty-minute ceremony which ended just as the sun burst through low-hanging clouds as a shining symbol to a ravaged world now done with war.
[A United Press dispatch said the leading Japanese delegate signed the articles at 9:03 A.M. Sunday, Tokyo time, and that General MacArthur signed them at 9:07 A.M.]
Twelve signatures, requiring only a few minutes to inscribe on the articles of surrender, ended the bloody Pacific conflict.
On behalf of Emperor Hirohito, Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signed for the Government and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu for the Imperial General Staff.
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Japan Surrenders To Allies, Signs Rigid Terms On Warship; Truman Sets Today As V-J Day
War Comes To End
Articles of Capitulation Endorsed by Countries in Pacific Conflict
MacArthur Sees Peace
Emperor Orders Subjects to Obey All Commands Issued by General
War Comes To End As Japanese Sign
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aboard The U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Sunday, Sept. 2
Japan surrendered formally and unconditionally to the Allies today in a twenty-minute ceremony which ended just as the sun burst through low-hanging clouds as a shining symbol to a ravaged world now done with war.
[A United Press dispatch said the leading Japanese delegate signed the articles at 9:03 A.M. Sunday, Tokyo time, and that General MacArthur signed them at 9:07 A.M.]
Twelve signatures, requiring only a few minutes to inscribe on the articles of surrender, ended the bloody Pacific conflict.
On behalf of Emperor Hirohito, Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signed for the Government and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu for the Imperial General Staff.
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