Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945. Photograph from the Army Signal ...
The horrific human atrocity of World War II ended aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as Japan formally signed documents of surrender on this day in history, Sept. 2, 1945. The ceremony lasted just ...
Today is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States. This is the day when documents were signed officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! National Archives curator Jessie Kratz gave C-SPAN's American History TV an exclusive look at the Japanese Instrument of Surrender that secured an ...