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End of World War II Echoes in 1945 News
A retrospective from Saul Pett recalls August 14 1945 Truman's surrender announcement and the jubilation across America. It captures wartime memories from Pearl Harbor to atomic age celebrations, demobilization shifts, and varied political reactions around the world.
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YORK
Harry S. Truman
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Tunisia
Anzio
Guadalcanal
Midway
Normandy
Paris
Bastogne
Elbe
Saipan
Guam
Manila
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Truman
Gen. Eisenhower
Moscow
Russia
United States
Martha Truman
Harry
The
London Daily Worker
Britain
Soviet Russia
Syngman Rhee
Korean Commission
Korea