| Your TEAM reached Tokyo Bay. Following the use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender. A radio broadcast of the surrender announcement on August 15, 1945 marked the first time most Japanese citizens heard the emperor's voice. The surrender signing took place on the deck of the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, ending a war that resulted in over 65 million deaths. |
