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Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz arriving aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945
Scene from the Japanese Surrender Ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63). "Admiral Nimitz arriving at surrender party...
Commodore Matthew Perry's American flag aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945
Scene from the Japanese Surrender Ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63). "The flag Admiral Perry carried to Japan...
Buckley, James Human Interactions
In the whole time James Buckley was on duty in the Pacific [Annotator's Note: as Deck Officer on the USS LST-1013], he...
Tizzard, Thomas Typhoon on Okinawa, VJ Day, and Going Back to the United States
The USS Denver (CL-58) was at Okinawa, Japan at the end of the war to protect the hospital ships. Thomas Tizzard...
Borrell, Francis "Frank" End of the War
Francis Borrell was woken up early one morning and was told about the Japanese surrendering. Everyone was celebrating,...
Schafer, Leon Service Discharge
[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer received his discharge orders on 10 December 1945 while on occupation duty in Kagoshima...
Kreutzberg, John Navy Occupation Duty
John Kreutzberg was born in July 1927 and grew up in Lake Bluff, Illinois. He lived with his parents and aunt. He...
Caraway, John War's End, Hitting a Mine and Back to Civilian Life
John Caraway's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bridge (AF-1)] was anchored in the harbor at Okinawa when he heard about the...
Borrell, Francis "Frank" Reflections
Frank Borrell thinks about the men he served with. They became like members of his family. Everyone tried to be friends...
Reissig, Floyd J. War's End
Floyd James Reissig was in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] when the war ended. When he got...
Aziz, Edmund Liberation of POWs
Edmund Aziz and his ship [Annotator’s Note: with the USS Reeves (DE-156), converted to an attacked transport as APD-52...
Gorman, Ted The War Ends and Postwar Service
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...

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