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AUGUST 15, 1945 "THE OREGONIAN" NEWSPAPER - HEADLINE READS "PEACE"

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AUGUST 15, 1945  THE OREGONIAN  NEWSPAPER - HEADLINE READS  PEACE
Call 503-496-0303 For Condition Reports Prior to Auction Day.
The second world war, history's greatest flood of death and destruction, ended Tuesday night w/ Japan's unconditional surrender. Formalities still remained - the official signing of surrender terms and a proclamation of V-Day. But from the moment President Truman announced at 4 PM Pacific war time, that the enemy of the Pacific had agreed to allied terms, the world put aside for a time woeful thoughts of the cost in dead and dollars and celebrated in wild frenzy. Plus Much More!