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Video: V-J Day Celebrations Across the US as Japan Surrenders

by Amy Chan3/14/20163/31/2016
(Library of Congress) Residents of New York's "Little Italy" in front of 76 Mulberry St., greet the news of the Jap[anese] acceptance of Allied surrender terms with waving flags and a rain of paper. 1945 August 14.
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(Img: Library of Congress) After V-J Day and Japan surrenders, American military forces were demobilized and sent back to the United States. In New York, crowds celebrate Navy Day as sailors from across the globe return home.

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