Japan Surrender on the USS Missouri

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In September 1945, with the Japanese surrender at hand, the world’s attention centered on the US Admiral’s flagship, the USS Missouri, chosen as the venue for the formal ceremony in part because Missouri was US President Harry S. Truman’s home state.
Representatives of the Empire of Japan boarded the USS Missouri prior to signing the Instrument of Surrender. The surrender of the Empire of Japan was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war.
Japanese Foreign Affairs minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijuro Umezu signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. Nine allied nations signed the declaration as well, including Canada’s representative Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave.

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