Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945. Photograph from the Army Signal ...
NORFOLK, Va. — A new exhibit on the U.S. occupation of Japan after World War II opens Aug. 23 at the MacArthur Memorial, paired with a special lecture series on the war’s final weeks in the Pacific.
Japan experienced unparalleled destruction by U.S. military forces during World War II, resulting in its complete capitulation. Washington played a decisive role in Tokyo’s postwar transition and ...
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