Japanese Foreign Minister Namoru Shigemitsu signs surrender terms as Allied officers watch on Sept. 2, 1945, on the USS Missouri moored in Tokyo Bay. (HUM Images/Getty Images) It was — quite possibly ...
It was — quite possibly — the worst day to make a mistake. Sept. 2, 1945, was the day Japan formally surrendered to the Allies. It marked the official end of World War II. The ceremony happened on the ...