Peace in the Pacific - The End of World War II

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Sixty years ago aboard the battleship USS Missouri, the Japanese government signed the Instrument of Surrender, officially bringing World War II to a close. More >>

• War's bookend witnesses
• Redemption and revival
• Mighty Mo
• Arizona Memorial
• What is this atomic bomb? Does it mean we go home?

  • 'Joyous chaos'
  • A rush of relief
  • No party in brig
  • Loads of kisses
  • Frisco got freaky
  • Darkness ends

"Let us pray that peace be now
restored to the world and that
God will preserve it always."

Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
Surrender Day speech

Instrument of Surrender

War in the Pacific:
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World War II
by the numbers

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Theater of war