Sunday was an auspicious day of the week in WWII. 3 September 1939, France and Britain entered the war against Germany; December 7 1941, Japan struck Pearl Harbor; and 2 September, Japan signed the surrender documents ending the widest conflict the world has known, all on a Sunday.
US NAVY
PACIFIC—Japanese surrender documents are signed on board
battleship Missouri (BB‑63) at anchor in Tokyo Bay. General of the Army Douglas
MacArthur signs for the Allied Powers; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz signs
for the U.S. TF 33 (Rear Admiral John L. Hall) lands army forces at Yokohama.
Japanese
surrender Palau Islands in ceremony on board destroyer escort Amick (DE‑168).
Japanese
surrender Truk in ceremony on board heavy cruiser Portland (CA‑33).
Japanese
surrender Pagan Island northern Marianas, on board destroyer Rhind (DD‑404).
Japanese
surrender Rota, Marianas, in ceremony on board destroyer escort Heyliger (DE‑510).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
INTERNATIONAL—Hostilities with Japan end officially with
the signing of the instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo
Bay.
US ARMY
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS—Hostilities with Japan officially
end with signing of instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo
Bay. U.S. Army battle casualties during World War II total 936,259, or about 9
percent of the 10,420,000 military personnel who served in the U.S. Army and
Army Air Forces. (On 31 December 1946, hostilities are declared terminated by
Presidential proclamation.)
US MARINE CORPS
Japanese sign instrument of surrender in Tokyo Bay.
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