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Home Town Bonanza, AR
Last Address Senior Care Hewitt Room 415 8836 Mars Drive Hewitt, Texas 76643
World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Surrender of Japan, End of WWII
From Month/Year
August / 1945
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August / 1945
Description The surrender of the Empire of Japan was announced by Imperial Japan on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. Together with the United Kingdom and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945—the alternative being "prompt and utter destruction". While publicly stating their intent to fight on to the bitter end, Japan's leaders (the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War, also known as the "Big Six") were privately making entreaties to the still-neutral Soviet Union to mediate peace on terms more favorable to the Japanese. Meanwhile, the Soviets were preparing to attack Japanese forces in Manchuria and Korea (in addition to southern Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands) in fulfillment of promises they had secretly made to the United States and the United Kingdom at the Tehran and Yalta Conferences.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
August / 1945
To Month/Year
August / 1945
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories I was at my watch station in the super structure during the surrender ceremony. I had never seen so many different uniforms in my life.
September 05, 1945 Admiral Halsey transferred his flag to the battleship South Dakota.
September 06, 1945 USS Missouri departs Tokyo Bay to receive homeward bound passengers at Guam, then sailed unescorted bound for Pearl Harbor.
September 20, 1945 USS Missouri arrives at Pearl Harbor.
September 29, 1945 USS Missouri departs Pearl Harbor bound for the eastern seaboard of the U.S..
October 23, 1945 Joe Nemeth Seaman First Class V6 USNR was Honorably Discharged from the U.S. Naval Personnel Seperation Center Shelton, Virginia, seving 3 years, 8 months and 24 days.
