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VJ Day Speech

This one-pager is a transcription of General of the Army Douglas A. MacArthur's speech given on board USS Missouri (BB-63) during the Formal Japanese Surrender, September 2, 1945.

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Published: Fri Jun 25 06:50:17 EDT 2021

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