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VJ DAY
News that Japan would surrender reached the United States on Aug. 14, 1945, but a formal surrender did not occur until Sept. 2, when Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the supreme Allied commander in the Pacific, accepted it on the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
 
From LIFE Mag. on-line:
  • THE TIMES SQUARE KISS
  • OTHER EISIE PICTURES TAKEN ON V-J DAY
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    A SIMILAR V-J DAY PHOTO by Navy photographer, Lt. Victor Jorgensen

    An Old Sailor Confesses  The story that disputes the veracity of the famous Times Square kiss
    HERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE PAGE:
    "Reaction to this article was intense. Life Magazine denied the coverup. Time
    Magazine and most major newspapers in the U.S. and worldwide reprinted the story
    and covered the controversy that followed. Good Morning America, Fox in the
    Morning, and many television and radio programs worldwide also carried interviews
    with Jim Reynolds (and a few with me) after the story came out."

    "Radio Days - VJ Day"

    WW II Navy in Pacific Theater 1945-VJ Day
    08/14 Tue. Japan accepts the provisions of the Potsdam Declaration and agrees to surrender. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, USA, is named Supreme Allied Commander to receive the Japanese capitulation and conduct the occupation of Japan.
     
    Japanese naval vessels sunk, Sea of Japan: Coast defense vessel No. 13, by submarine TORSK (SS-423), 35 d. 42'N., 134 d. 35'E. Coast defense vessel No. 47, by submarine TORSK (SS-423), 35 d. 42'N., 134 d. 36'E.

    JAPAN CAPITULATES!
    An excellent section provided by the US Navy HISTORICAL CENTER.