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80-G-332798: V-J Day, August 15, 1945

80-G-332789 V-J Day, August 15, 1945. Scenes at Waikiki, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, when word was received that the Japanese had accepted the Potsdam surrender terms, August 15, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/17). Note, original photograph is extremely curved.
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Caption: V-J Day, August 15, 1945. USS Oahu (ARG-5), stages demonstration after hearing the news of surrender at Eniwetok, Atoll, Marshall Islands, August 15, 1945. Decommissioned in 1947, she was transferred to the Maritime Administration in July 1963. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/17). Note, original photograph is extremely curved.
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