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August 14, 1945 Surrender
By Janet Evans
Thursday, Aug 14 2008, 11:45 AM
1945: Japan Surrenders
Japan accepted terms for surrender to the Allied Forces today, though Washington officials had not received the official confirmation. "NBC Correspondent Max Jordan reported from Basle, Switzerland, today that a Japanese note will be at the White House in Washington 'within two hours.' Jordan broadcast the report at 4:20 p.m., eastern war time," informed The Sheboygan Press on August 14, 1945.
”A rising tide of joy is sweeping from the Pacific across the United States today,” reported the Sheboygan Journal on August 14, 1945. “Pearl Harbor – scene of the first Japanese attack – set the stage for the celebrations. The tension pent up since December 7, 1941, was let loose as soon as Tokyo broadcast the enemy surrender.”
NOTE: Four hours after President Truman addressed Americans, Emperor Hirohito said in the first broadcast he ever made over the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation network that the atomic bomb forced Japan to accept the first military defeat in the 2,605 years of its history.
Sheboygan Press Newspaper frontpage~ Japan Surrenders.pdf
(actual frontpage - may be offensive)
