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69-501: The date is sometimes known as Victory over Japan Day . However, that designation more frequently refers to the date of Emperor Hirohito 's Gyokuon-hōsō (Imperial Rescript of Surrender), the radio broadcast announcement of the acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam Declaration at noon Japan Standard Time on 15 August. General Douglas MacArthur 's staff, headed by Colonel LeGrande A. Diller , were tasked to prepare

138-478: A kamikaze attack was occurring. On Tinian island, B-29 crews preparing for their next mission over Japan were told that it was cancelled, but that they could not celebrate because it might be rescheduled. A little after noon Japan Standard Time on August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito 's announcement of Japan's acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam Declaration was broadcast to the Japanese people over

207-529: A sic' , emerged in 1889, E. Belfort Bax 's work in The Ethics of Socialism being an early example. On occasion, sic has been misidentified as an acronym (and therefore sometimes misspelled with periods): s.i.c. is said to stand for "spelled/said in copy/context", "spelling is correct", "spelled incorrectly", and other such folk etymology phrases. These are all incorrect and are simply backronyms from sic . Use of sic greatly increased in

276-602: A formal White House ceremony the following day. Following a ceremony led by Gen. Jonathan Wainwright , the documents were then exhibited at the National Archives . On October 1, 1945, the documents were formally received (accessioned) into the holdings of the National Archives. The deck of the Missouri was furnished with two U.S. flags . A commonly heard story is that one of the flags had flown over

345-441: A parenthetical sentence only when used after a complete sentence, like so: ( Sic. ) Some guides, including The Chicago Manual of Style , recommend "quiet copy-editing " (unless where inappropriate or uncertain) instead of inserting a bracketed sic , such as by substituting in brackets the correct word in place of the incorrect word or by simply replacing an incorrect spelling with the correct one. Alternatively, to show both

414-406: A quotation did not arise from editorial errors in the transcription, but are intentionally reproduced as they appear in the source text being quoted; thus, sic is placed inside brackets to indicate it is not part of the quotation. Sic can also be used derisively to direct the reader's attention to the writer's spelling mistakes and erroneous logic, or to show disapproval of the content or form of

483-411: A quotation indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated as found in the source text, including erroneous, archaic, or unusual spelling, punctuation , and grammar . Sic also applies to any surprising assertion, faulty reasoning, or other matter that might be interpreted as an error of transcription . The typical editorial usage of Sic is to inform the reader that any errors in

552-812: Is at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, and was last publicly displayed in 2015, as part of an exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of the signing. A replica version of the Japanese copy can be viewed at the archive's gallery, and at the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo . Gen. MacArthur originally had 11 full-sized facsimiles made of the Instrument of Surrender, but later increased this for distribution among

621-584: Is awarded to the state that can boast the greatest rate of participation, based on a formula including: number of operators, number of contacts made, and radio frequency bands used. As the final official surrender of Japan was accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China , which represented China on

690-414: Is displayed backward —  reverse side showing (stars in the upper right corner). This was because U.S. flags on the right of an object, plane, ship, or person have the stars on the upper right corner, to look like the flag is heading into battle —  as if attached to a pole and someone is carrying it. Stars in the upper left of a flag displayed on the right side of the object could make

759-585: Is known as the " memorial day for the end of the war " ( 終戦記念日 , Shūsen-kinenbi ) ; the official name for the day, however, is "the day for mourning of war dead and praying for peace" ( 戦没者を追悼し平和を祈念する日 , Senbotsusha o tsuitōshi heiwa o kinensuru hi ) . This official name was adopted in 1982 by an ordinance issued by the Japanese government . On August 6 and 9, 1945, the Allies dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki , respectively. On August 9,

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828-403: Is most often inserted into quoted or reprinted material to indicate meticulous accuracy in reproducing the preceding text, despite appearances to the reader of an incorrect or unusual orthography ( spelling , punctuation , grammar, syntax, fact, logic, etc.). Several usage guides recommend that a bracketed sic be used primarily as an aid to the reader, not as an indicator of disagreement with

897-601: Is observed on the second Monday of August. V-J Day was initially commemorated throughout the United States every year on September 2, beginning in 1948, but as the war faded from memory so has the holiday. According to WPRI-TV , the reason for abolishing V-J Day was economic, because workers got a paid day off. There was even a debate over whether or not even Rhode Island would abolish their own Victory Day celebrations. Some towns in various states still celebrate V-J day. Moosup, Connecticut holds an annual V-J day parade on

966-711: Is referred to as Liberation Day, and in South Korea it is referred to as Gwangbokjeol , (lit. "the day the light returned"). Victory over Japan Day is celebrated with duality in Mongolia . It also celebrates the victory of Soviet and Mongolian forces in the Battles of Khalkhin Gol . The anniversary of the battle was first celebrated in 1969, and was periodically celebrated on a massive scale every 5 years until its 50th anniversary in 1989, after which it dwindled in importance and

1035-734: Is still on display at the Naval Academy Museum, as is the table and tablecloth upon which the instrument of surrender was signed, and the original bronze plaque marking the location of the signing (which was replaced by two replicas in 1990). The Japanese copy of the treaty varied from the Allied in the following ways: The Allied copy of the Instrument is at the United States National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. The Japanese copy

1104-760: Is that of the Dancing Man in Elizabeth Street, Sydney , captured by a press photographer and a Movietone newsreel . The film and stills from it have taken on iconic status in Australian history and culture as a symbol of victory in the war. On August 15 and 16, some Japanese soldiers, devastated by the surrender, committed suicide . Well over 100 American prisoners of war were also murdered. In addition, many Australian and British prisoners of war were murdered in Borneo , at both Ranau and Sandakan , by

1173-469: The Altai Republic . In the breakaway Moldovan -republic of Transnistria , Victory over Japan Day is jointly celebrated with their Republic Day celebrations, which take place on the same day. Although September 2 is the designated "V-J Day" in the entire United States, the event is not an official federal or state holiday. Rhode Island celebrates the ending of WW2 as " Victory Day ", and it

1242-474: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender took place on board the battleship USS  Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, and at that time Truman declared September 2 to be the official V-J Day. Post war: On 15 August 1945 Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley announced on radio that Japan had unconditionally surrendered to allied forces. This day, which has become known as VP Day,

1311-480: The Missouri , announced three-day holidays to celebrate V-J Day, starting September 3. Starting from 1946, September 3 was celebrated as "Victory of War of Resistance against Japan Day" ( Chinese : 抗日戰爭勝利紀念日 ; pinyin : Kàngrì Zhànzhēng Shènglì Jìniànrì ), which evolved into the Armed Forces Day ( Chinese : 軍人節 ) in 1955. September 3 is recognized as V-J Day in mainland China . Hong Kong

1380-698: The Soviet Union declared war on Japan . The Japanese government on August 10 communicated its intention to surrender under the terms of the Potsdam Declaration . The news of the Japanese offer began early celebrations around the world. Allied soldiers in London danced in a conga line on Regent Street . Americans and Frenchmen in Paris paraded on the Champs-Élysées singing " Don't Fence Me In ". American soldiers in occupied Berlin shouted "It's over in

1449-558: The State Duma have proposed making it a national holiday. A military parade of the Eastern Military District is annually held in the cities of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk or Khabarovsk , being one of the only parades being held on this day. Parades have also been held on September 2 in the federal subjects of Russia that celebrate the anniversary of the Battles of Khalkhin Gol , such as Buryatia , Yakutia and

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1518-767: The White House on the day Pearl Harbor was attacked . However, Captain Stuart Murray of USS Missouri explained: At eight o'clock we had hoisted a clean set of colors at the mainmast and a clean jack of the United States at the bow as we were at anchor, and I would like to add that these were just regular ship's flags, GI issue, that we'd pulled out of the spares, nothing special about them, and they had never been used anywhere so far as we know, at least they were clean and we had probably gotten them in Guam in May. So there

1587-538: The surrender document was signed, officially ending World War II. 15 August is the official V-J Day for the United Kingdom , while the official US commemoration is 2 September. The name, V-J Day, had been selected by the Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe. On 2 September 1945, formal surrender occurred aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay . In Japan , 15 August usually

1656-510: The "Victory Day of the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japanese aggression" in mainland China. The day is celebrated as a public holiday in both North and South Korea, and is the only public holiday shared by the two countries. The day has particular significance to Korea, as it is the day that it was liberated from its status as a colony of the Empire of Japan . In North Korea, it

1725-605: The 2nd Sunday in August, and holds the distinction of being the oldest continuous parade celebrating V-J day since the actual surrender of the Japanese in 1945. Arkansas was the only other state to make the holiday official statewide, but it abolished it in 1975, leaving Rhode Island as the only remaining state. It was suggested in the 1960s to declare September 2, the anniversary of the end of World War II, as an international holiday to be called World Peace Day . However, when this holiday came to be first celebrated beginning in 1981, it

1794-617: The Allied nations present during the signing. Two of the copies which were given to Col. LeGrande A. Diller and MGen. Basilio Valdes for the Philippines are now displayed at The International Museum of World War II in Natick, Massachusetts . As witnesses, American general Jonathan Wainwright , who had surrendered the Philippines , and British lieutenant-general Arthur Percival , who had surrendered Singapore , received two of

1863-713: The Allies was not signed until 1952, and between Japan and the Soviet Union until 1956. In Australia , the name V-P Day (Victory in the Pacific) was used from the outset. The Canberra Times of August 14, 1945, refers to V-P Day celebrations, and a public holiday for V-P Day was gazetted by the government in that year according to the Australian War Memorial . After news of the Japanese acceptance and before Truman's announcement, civilians began celebrating "as if joy had been rationed and saved up for

1932-531: The Imperial Japanese Army. At Batu Lintang camp , also in Borneo, death orders were found which proposed the murder of some 2,000 POWs and civilian internees on September 15, 1945, but the camp was liberated four days before these orders were due to be carried out. Japanese forces remained in combat with Soviet forces on several fronts for two weeks following V-J Day. The formal signing of

2001-625: The Indies remembrance center in Bronbeek in Arnhem . The Japanese occupation meant the twilight of Dutch colonial rule over Indonesia . Indonesia declared itself independent on August 17, 1945, just two days after the Japanese surrendered. The Indonesian War of Independence lasted until 1949, with the Netherlands recognizing Indonesian sovereignty in late December of that year. On the day of

2070-766: The Pacific Day , or V-P Day ) is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II , in effect bringing the war to an end . The term has been applied to both of the days on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made – 15 August 1945, in Japan, and because of time zone differences, 14 August 1945 (when it was announced in the United States and the rest of the Americas and Eastern Pacific Islands) – as well as to 2 September 1945, when

2139-505: The Pacific", and hoped that they would now not be transferred there to fight the Japanese. Germans stated that the Japanese were wise enough to—unlike themselves—give up in a hopeless situation, and were grateful that the atomic bomb was not ready in time to be used against them. Moscow newspapers briefly reported on the atomic bombings with no commentary of any kind. While "Russians and foreigners alike could hardly talk about anything else",

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2208-545: The Republic of China has a reprint, and the Instrument of Surrender (along with seven other historic documents) was designated as a "National Treasure" by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China in 2016. 35°21′17″N 139°45′36″E  /  35.35472°N 139.76000°E  / 35.35472; 139.76000 Victory over Japan Day Victory over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day , Victory in

2277-550: The Soviet government refused to make any statements on the bombs' implication for politics or science. In Chongqing , Chinese fired firecrackers and "almost buried [Americans] in gratitude". In Manila , residents sang " God Bless America ". On Okinawa , six men were killed and dozens were wounded as American soldiers "took every weapon within reach and started firing into the sky" to celebrate; ships sounded general quarters and fired anti-aircraft guns as their crews believed that

2346-601: The best-known kisses that day appeared in V-J Day in Times Square , one of the most famous photographs ever published by Life . It was shot on August 14, 1945, shortly before the announcement by President Truman occurred and when people were beginning to gather in celebration. Alfred Eisenstaedt went to Times Square to take candid photographs and spotted a sailor who "grabbed something in white. And I stood there, and they kissed. And I snapped four times." The same moment

2415-535: The branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. In the Garment District , workers threw out cloth scraps and ticker tape, leaving a pile five inches deep on the streets. The news of the war's end sparked a "coast-to-coast frenzy of [servicemen] kissing . . . everyone in skirts that happened along," with Life publishing photographs of such kisses in Washington, Kansas City , Los Angeles , and Miami . One of

2484-468: The celebration was moved to the third Monday in August and renamed "Sino-Japanese War Victory Day", the Chinese name of which is literally "Victory of War of Resistance against Japan Day" as in the rest of China, but this day was removed from the list of public holidays in 1999. In 2014, the Chief Executive's Office announced that a commemoration ceremony would be held on September 3, in line with

2553-464: The ceremony as subordinates to its own. MacArthur supported the government of Australia's demand to attend and sign separately from the UK, although Australia objected to his recommendation that Canada, the Netherlands, and France also sign the document. On 6 September, Colonel Bernard Theilen took the document and an imperial rescript to Washington, D.C. , and presented them to President Harry S. Truman in

2622-493: The communication and that the formal event was scheduled for September 2. In his announcement of Japan's surrender on August 14, Truman said that "the proclamation of V-J Day must wait upon the formal signing of the surrender terms by Japan ". Since the European Axis powers had surrendered three months earlier ( V-E Day ), V-J Day was the effective end of World War II , although a peace treaty between Japan and most of

2691-535: The days that followed was a parade of the Red Army in Harbin . In 1945 and 1946, this day was a national holiday. In subsequent years, it became a working day and no celebrations were held on this occasion. In modern Russia , Victory over Japan Day ( Russian : День победы над Японией ) is considered a memorable date and is celebrated as one of many Days of Military Honour . In recent years such as in 2017, bills in

2760-417: The door of my cabin, facing forward, on the surrender deck so that everyone on the surrender deck could see it. That special flag on the veranda deck of the Missouri had been flown from Commodore Matthew Perry 's flagship in 1853–54 when he led the U.S. Navy's Far East Squadron into Tokyo Bay to force the opening of Japan's ports to foreign trade. Photographs of the signing ceremony show that this flag

2829-496: The draft of the Instrument of Surrender. This was a challenge given resources were limited in war-torn Manila . Nevertheless, an enterprising staff member found rare parchment in a basement of a monastery, and this was given to MacArthur's printer. The ceremony aboard the deck of Missouri lasted 23 minutes and was broadcast throughout the world. It occurred at 35°21′N 139°46′E  /  35.35°N 139.76°E  / 35.35; 139.76 in Tokyo Bay . The instrument

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2898-668: The flag look like it were going away from battle. The cloth of the historic flag was so fragile that the conservator at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum directed that a protective backing be sewn on it, leaving its "wrong side" visible; and this was how Perry's 31-star flag was presented on this unique occasion. A replica of this historic flag can be seen today on the Surrender Deck of the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor. The original flag

2967-499: The following example from Fred Rodell 's 1955 book Nine Men : [I]n 1951, it was the blessing bestowed on Judge Harold Medina 's prosecution [ sic ] of the eleven so-called 'top native Communists,' which blessing meant giving the Smith Act the judicial nod of constitutionality. Where sic follows the quotation, it takes brackets : [ sic ]. The word sic is often treated as a loanword that does not require italics, and

3036-798: The following: At 9:08 a.m., American General of the Army Douglas MacArthur , the Commander in the Southwest Pacific and Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers , accepted the surrender on behalf of the Allied Powers and signed in his capacity as Supreme Commander. After MacArthur, the following representatives signed the instrument of surrender on behalf of each of the Allied Powers: The UK invited Dominion governments to send representatives to

3105-641: The former's state visit to the Mongolian capital. The Netherlands has one national and several regional or local remembrance services on or around August 15. The national service is at the " Indisch monument " (Dutch for "Indies Monument") in The Hague , where the victims of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies are remembered, usually in the presence of the head of state and the government. In total, there are about 20 services, also in

3174-657: The material. In the English language, the Latin adverb sic is used as an adverb, and derivatively as a noun and as a verb. The adverb sic , meaning 'intentionally so written', first appeared in English c.  1856 . It is derived from the Latin adverb sīc , which means 'so', 'thus', 'in this manner'. According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the verbal form of sic , meaning 'to mark with

3243-577: The mid-20th century. For example, in United States state-court opinions before 1944, sic appeared 1,239 times in the Westlaw database; in those from 1945 to 1990, it appeared 69,168 times, over 55 times as many. Its use as a form of ridicule has been cited as a major factor in this increase. The immoderate use of sic has created some controversy, leading some editors, including bibliographical scholar Simon Nowell-Smith and literary critic Leon Edel , to speak out against it. The bracketed form [ sic ]

3312-735: The operating skills of participants. The contest runs for 24 hours, from 0800 UTC on the Saturday, preceded by a broadcast including a speech by a dignitary or notable Australian (such as the Prime Minister of Australia , Governor-General of Australia , or a military leader) and the reading of the names of amateur radio operators who are known to have died. It is organized by the Wireless Institute of Australia , with operators in each Australian state contacting operators in other states, New Zealand , and Papua New Guinea . A trophy

3381-552: The original and the suggested correction (as they often are in palaeography ), one may give the actual form, followed by recte , then the correct form, in brackets. The Latin adverb recte means rightly . An Iraqi battalion has consumed [ recte assumed] control of the former American military base, and our forces are now about 40 minutes outside the city. According to the Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music Style Sheet , there should be no punctuation, for example no colon, before

3450-599: The publication The Sixth Year of War in Pictures published by The Sun News-Pictorial in 1946, the term "VJ Day" is used on pages 250 and 251. Also an Australian Government 50th Anniversary Medal issued in 1995 has "VJ-Day" stamped on it. Amateur radio operators in Australia hold the "Remembrance Day Contest" on the weekend nearest VP Day, August 15, remembering amateur radio operators who died during World War II and to encourage friendly participation and help improve

3519-470: The radio. Earlier the same day, the Japanese government had broadcast an announcement over Radio Tokyo that "acceptance of the Potsdam Proclamation [would be] coming soon", and had advised the Allies of the surrender by sending a cable to U.S. President Harry S Truman via the Swiss diplomatic mission in Washington, D.C. A nationwide broadcast by Truman was aired at seven o'clock p.m. ( daylight time in Washington, D.C. ) on Tuesday, August 14, announcing

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3588-420: The six pens used by General MacArthur to sign the instrument. Another pen went to the West Point military academy, and one to MacArthur's aide. All of the pens used by MacArthur were black, except the last, which was bright red and went to his wife. A replica of it, along with copies of the instrument of surrender, is in a case on Missouri by the plaque marking the signing spot. The National History Museum of

3657-420: The source. Sic may show that an uncommon or archaic expression is reported faithfully, such as when quoting the U.S. Constitution : "The House of Representatives shall chuse [ sic ] their Speaker ..." However, several writing guidebooks discourage its use with regard to dialect, such as in cases of American and British English spelling differences . The appearance of a bracketed sic after

3726-411: The style manuals of New Zealand, Australian and British media outlets generally do not require italicisation. However, italicization is common in the United States, where authorities including APA Style insist upon it. Because sic is not an abbreviation, placing a full stop /period inside the brackets after the word sic is erroneous, although the California Style Manual suggests styling it as

3795-438: The surrender of Japan, Hồ Chí Minh declared an independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam . Vietnam celebrated 19 August as V-J Day, because of the victory of August Revolution against the Japanese forces. In the Philippines, V-J Day is celebrated annually on September 3 and is called the "Surrender of General Tomoyuki Yamashita Day". The province of Ifugao has observed every September 2 as "Victory Day", commemorating

3864-409: The three years, eight months and seven days since Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941" (the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ), Life magazine reported. In Washington, D.C. a crowd attempted to break into the White House grounds as they shouted "We want Harry!" In San Francisco two nude women jumped into a pond at the Civic Center to soldiers' cheers. More seriously, thousands of drunken people,

3933-400: The valor of Philippine war veterans and the informal surrender of General Yamashita to the joint Filipino-American troops led-by Cpt. Grisham in the municipality of Kiangan on September 2, 1945. It was introduced as a holiday by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union on September 3, 1945 (the day after the surrender of Japan). The only celebration that was held in

4002-449: The vast majority of them Navy enlistees who had not served in the war theatre, embarked in what the San Francisco Chronicle summarized in 2015 as "a three-night orgy of vandalism, looting, assault, robbery, rape and murder" and "the deadliest riots in the city's history", with more than 1,000 people injured, 13 killed, and at least six women raped. None of these acts resulted in serious criminal charges, and no civilian or military official

4071-440: The word analyse in a book review led Bryan A. Garner to comment, "all the quoter (or overzealous editor) [sic] demonstrated was ignorance of British usage". Occasionally a writer places [ sic ] after their own words, to indicate that the language has been chosen deliberately for special effect, especially where the writer's ironic meaning may otherwise be unclear. Bryan A. Garner dubbed this use of sic "ironic", providing

4140-419: Was captured in a very similar photograph by Navy photographer Victor Jorgensen (right), published in the New York Times . Several people have since claimed to be the sailor or the female, who was long assumed to be a nurse. It has since been established that the woman in the Alfred Eisenstaedt photograph was actually a dental assistant named Greta Zimmer Friedman , who clarified in a later interview that "I

4209-424: Was designated as September 21, the day the General Assembly of the United Nations begins its deliberations each year. Recte We are prepared, under appropriate circumstances, to provide information bearing on the credibly [ sic ] and veracity of any such source. Irin Carmon quoting a law firm The Latin adverb sic ( / s ɪ k / ; thus , so , and in this manner ) inserted after

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4278-400: Was first signed by the Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu "By Command and on behalf of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Government" (9:04 a.m.). General Yoshijirō Umezu , Chief of the Army General Staff, then signed the document "By Command and on behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters" (9:06 a.m.). The Japanese representatives present for the signing were

4347-408: Was grabbed by a sailor and it wasn't that much of a kiss, it was more of a jubilant act that he didn't have to go back, I found out later, he was so happy that he did not have to go back to the Pacific where they already had been through the war. And the reason he grabbed someone dressed like a nurse was that he just felt very grateful to nurses who took care of the wounded." Another famous photograph

4416-429: Was handed over by the Imperial Japanese Army to the Royal Navy on August 30, 1945, and resumed its pre-war status as a British dependency . Hong Kong celebrated the "Liberation Day" (Chinese: 重光紀念日 ; Jyutping: cung4 gwong1 gei2 nim3 jat6 ) on August 30 (later moved to the Saturday preceding the last Monday in August) annually, which was a public holiday before 1997. After the transfer of sovereignty in 1997,

4485-432: Was just a plain ordinary GI-issue flag and a Union Jack. We turned them both into the Naval Academy Museum when we got back to the East Coast in October. The only special flag that was there was a flag which Commodore Perry had flown on his ship out in that same location 82 [ recte 92] years before. It was flown out in its glass case from the Naval Academy Museum. An officer messenger brought it out. We put this hanging over

4554-425: Was marked with jubilant celebrations across the nation as citizens looked towards a future free of conflict and fear of invasion. To manage celebrations authorities closed pubs, as they had on VE Day. However, this did not dissuade individuals from partying, with crowds gathering in streets and strangers dancing together in city squares. In Australia , many use the term "VP Day" in preference to "VJ Day", but in

4623-405: Was nothing special about them. Some of the articles in the history say this was the same flag that was flown on the White House or the National Capitol on 7 December 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and at Casablanca, and so forth, also MacArthur took it up to Tokyo and flew it over his headquarters there. The only thing I can say is they were hard up for baloney, because it was nothing like that. It

4692-423: Was reduced to the level of academic debates and lectures. It was only recently that the anniversary made a resurgence in Mongolian history. It is jointly celebrated by the Mongolian Armed Forces with the Russian Armed Forces . During the 70th, 75th and 80th anniversaries in 2009, 2014 and 2019 respectively, the President of Russia has taken part in the celebrations alongside the President of Mongolia as part of

4761-410: Was sanctioned, leading the Chronicle to conclude that "the city simply tried to pretend the riots never happened". The largest crowd in the history of New York City 's Times Square gathered to celebrate. The victory itself was announced by a headline on the "zipper" news ticker at One Times Square , which read "OFFICIAL *** TRUMAN ANNOUNCES JAPANESE SURRENDER ***"; the six asterisks represented

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