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Moving the Official End of World War II

September 2nd, 2010

September 2nd, 1945. The Japanese were ready to sign documents officially ending World War II. That event took place aboard the USS New Jersey–at least that’s what many thought would happen. Here’s the story of how that event was moved to another ship…..

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