Victory in the Pacific – CONTACT magazine

The signing of the surrender document by Allied personnel and representatives of the Japanese forces aboard the United States battleship Missouri, September 2, 1945. Story by Rosalind Turner. Photos from Australian War Memorial.

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Commemorating 80 years since Victory in the Pacific

15/08/202526/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3888 Views 0 Comments Victory in the Pacific, WWII

On the morning of August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito of Japan publicly announced that Japan would accept the Allies’ ultimatum

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A RAAF member of the HMAS Adelaide crew walks through the headstones of Bomana Commonwealth War Cemetery, in Papua New Guinea, during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017. Photo by Private Roger Brennan.

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73 years since Victory in the Pacific

15/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3015 Views 0 Comments Victory in the Pacific

Today Australia acknowledges Victory in the Pacific Day, commemorating 73 years since the end of the Second World War. FILE

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