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To Mark Japan’s Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in Tow
Bremyer undertook a 124-hour, 9,000-mile journey to Tokyo Bay, where he delivered ... ships retrace Perry’s route home. By the time World War II ended in September 1945, Perry, his crew and ...
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The debt we owe those who have gone before us
As Americans, we all live in a reality where we owe a great debt to the multitudes of our countrymen who have gone before us ...
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5 things to know about Japan's World War II surrender
TOKYO, Japan — World War II ended 75 years ago ... of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. It's known as V-J Day in some countries. But some nations mark Aug. ...
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Japanese Surrender Signing on Missouri
67 years ago on September 2, 1945, the Japanese formally surrendered to the Allies aboard the USS Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay ... the course of World War II in the Pacific theater, from ...
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Hawaii’s WWII heroes honored: Families finally receive Purple Hearts
“That was something!” The plane went down less than one month before the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay that ended WWII was held. “But obviously the surrender went on anyway ...
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These Star-Telegram reporters told the stories of Texans in WWII, watched Japan surrender
In commemoration of V-J Day, I am honoring three of the five Fort Worth Star-Telegram WWII war correspondents ... pointing eastward toward the shore of Tokyo Bay, and sailors and guests “hanging ...
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“An interesting life”: Rev. Shearman honored as Gorham’s oldest resident
To get one, go to the subscriptions page. A young sailor arrived in Tokyo Bay in 1945, and the devastation and destruction from World War II bombing became etched in his mind. The Rev. Phillip ...
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Tokyo became a megacity by reinventing itself
The nation’s rapid reinvention after World War II has often been ... chaos so recently consumed Tokyo. Then she is compelled to spend her days keeping it at bay. I asked how she thought the ...
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Airmen's Search for Remains Recalls Top Secret WWII Mission to Turn Planes into Flying Bombs
U.S. airmen in England assisted with an archaeological dig aimed at finding the remains of an Army pilot lost there during ...
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On This Day: Fire on California dive boat kills 34
In 1945, Japan signed an unconditional surrender aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, formally ending World War II. In 1969, Ho Chi Minh, the communist leader whose founding of North ...
This 108-year-old World War II veteran is still teeing it up
A crowd of about 40 had gathered on the driving range of Blue Top Ridge Golf Course. They were all waiting for a single ...
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These Star-Telegram reporters told the stories of Texans in WWII, watched Japan surrender
2, marks the 79th anniversary of V-J Day, or Victory over Japan Day, when Japan surrendered to Allied forces with the signing ...