To commemorate I visited the surrender deck of the USS MISSOURI, located at Pearl Harbor, where the Japanese surrender took place while the ship was in Tokyo Bay in the shadow of Mt Fuji.
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| Notably/Coincidentally, US President Truman was from the State of Missouri and his daughter had christened the ship |
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| 2 September 1945 |
My parents are visiting us at the moment from Australia and were able to share the experience, which was special.
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| The Instrument of Surrender on exhibit aboard USS MISSOURI |
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| General MacArthur's Speech. The entire ceremony took just 23 minutes |
Earlier this year, I was also able to view the German Surrender documents, which were on special exhibit at the National Archives in Washington DC, which I had not seen before. That was a bit special too, especially to see both in this 80th Anniversary year.
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| Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signing the unconditional surrender, 8 May 1945 |
Lest We Forget the immense sacrifices of our forbears for our freedoms
Amen.
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