Posted on 03/06/2010 11:47:41 AM PST by navysealdad
This is an actual newsreel film made of the surrender ceremony of the Japs to McArthur in Tokyo Bay in September 1945. Actual voice of the General. If you are a history buff you will enjoy it. Historical Footage: Japanese Surrender Signing Aboard Battleship Missouri Sunday Sept. 2, 1945. An important piece of history. Most people have seen still photos of the event but haven't seen the newsreel of it.
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No doubt, although (due to lack of amphibious capability) they’d have likely just occupied, say, Korea, after pushing the Japanese down the peninsula. Then, maybe no Korean War...
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