The Weight of Wet Ink
On September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, representatives from Japan and the Allied powers gathered around a simple mess table draped...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Exodus 24:3-8.
On September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, representatives from Japan and the Allied powers gathered around a simple mess table draped in green cloth. General Douglas MacArthur stood before the assembly and spoke plainly: the terms had been set. Now came the moment of binding. Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu removed his top hat, sat down, and signed the instrument of surrender.…
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