UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER MEMORIAL MARKER
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
Year Dedicated: 2006
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II
Photograph By: BRANDON D CROSS
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE PROFOUND JOY PORTRAYED IN THIS SCULPTURE WAR PROMPTED BY THE SPONTANEOUS SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE, THUS ENDING WORLD WAR II ON AUGUST 14, 1945. AMONG THE CELEBRANTS IN TIMES SQUARE N NEW YORK WERE A UNITED STATES SAILOR AND A NURSE EMBRACING AMIDST THE MULTITUDE OF JOY MAKERS.
SEE ALSO-UNCONTITIONAL SURRENDER MEMORIAL
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