Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when documents were signed officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the ...

He said the global standard for the official end of the war is Sept. 2, 1945, when Japan signed the instrument of surrender. Japan’s observance of the war’s end in August, he said, is the ...

With the Japanese surrender at hand ... Halsey’s Missouri entered Tokyo Bay on August 29, 1945, just over 92 years after Perry’s Mississippi docked at that same port. While Perry’s visit ...

On September 2, 1945, Japan delivered its unconditional surrender in WWII. Twelve million American troops went home as civilians, to work and raise families--ushering the U.S. into a new age of ...

May 8, 1945 V-E Day. Germany surrenders unconditionally. World War II in Europe is over. May 12-18, 1945 In Okinawa, Marines hit Japan's main line of defense at Sugar Loaf Hill. It will take ...

Japan’s public surrender ceremony was a momentous occasion that required flawless execution. The whole world would be watching. The September 2, 1945, ceremony aboard the 45,000-ton battleship ...

May 8, 1945 V-E Day. Germany surrenders unconditionally. World War II in Europe is over. May 12-18, 1945 In Okinawa, Marines hit Japan's main line of defense at Sugar Loaf Hill. It will take ...

The surrender at Long Langai on Oct 31, 1945, was noteworthy as it represented one of the last recorded surrenders of Japanese troops during World War II, he said. Baru, who is assemblyman for Ba ...

In the wake of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders, ending World War II. The Des Moines Register reports on Aug, 14, 1945, that the city is awaiting official word of ...

World War II veteran Colin “Russ” Gibbins says he’s still “fighting fit”, even as he prepares to turn 100 this weekend.