Japan Surrender video

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[calex59]

This is a video of the surrender of Japan in WWII. I have never seen the video, only stills of the surrender. This is the first video I have seen of it and thought maybe FReepers would be interested in seeing it. It is what we used to call a News Reel, back in the day.

[llevrok]

Not shown, but a great piece of trivia about the ceremony, was the posting on the Missouri at the top of the gangway of Commodore Perry’s flag (from his ship that sailed into Tokyo harbor)

[calex59]

Not responsible for comments that were uttered back in 1945. The whole Japanese surrender was mishandled in my opinion due to the way they handled the war criminals after the fact and that they required American(and other allied)troops to salute Japanese officers after the surrender was signed.

[atomic conspiracy]

I was referring to the You Tube comments.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Wife and I visited Pearl Harbor and went aboard the Missouri just two months ago. There is a brass plate in the teak wood deck where MacArthur signed the documents, copies of the surrender and the Commodore Perry flag from 1854 on the port side deck.
The officers’ ward room with table service can be viewed and the control room with old radar scopes and modern computer controls for missiles is also accessible.
The Missouri had just been in dry dock for repainting and looked brand new. There is a tiny dent on one edge of the deck where a kamikaze hit and bounced off...

[calex59]

I think more people should see this, BTTT.

[calex59]

BTTT