Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur, at their first meeting, at the U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, 27 September, 1945. U.S. Army. The Japanese Occupation (1945-1951) On the morning of September 8, 1945, ...

Ian W. Toll is the author of the new book “Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945,” the final entry in his nonfiction trilogy about the Pacific War. On the cool, cloudy morning of ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A new exhibit on the U.S. occupation of Japan after World War II opens Aug. 23 at the MacArthur Memorial, paired with a special lecture series on the war’s final weeks in the Pacific.

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The horrific human atrocity of World War II ended aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as Japan formally signed documents of surrender on this day in history, Sept. 2, 1945. The ceremony lasted just ...

KILGORE — From 1941 to 1945, the men who enlisted in the U.S. military were trained to be warriors. When Lee Downing joined in June 1946, however, their mission was different. World War II hadn’t been ...