MacArthur Arrives in Japan, August 30, 1945

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Seventy years ago today, August 30, 1945, the Japanese naval base at Yokohama surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur, who arrived there in anticipation of the formal surrender ceremony a few days later.  The headline here is from that day’s Chicago Tribune.

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