| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1945/08/16 | Ten days after the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan announces its surrender to the Allies. | Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome), Hiroshima |
| 1945/09/02 | Webley Edwards: Attention, peoples of the world! .... The Japanese delegation has just arrived. Lined up before us are officers and men .... The deck of the Missouri stretches out before us ... its great guns pointed skyward to allow for more room.... | USS MISSOURI, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii |
| 1945/09/02 | Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese government. | USS MISSOURI, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii |
| 1945/09/02 | Gen Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff, signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, formally ending World War II. | USS MISSOURI, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii |
| 1945/09/02 | Supreme Commander MacArthur signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the United Nations: It is my earnest hope and indeed the hope of all mankind that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past. | USS MISSOURI, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii |
| 1945/09/02 | Representatives sign the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the United States, China, Britain, the USSR, Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands and New Zealand. | USS MISSOURI, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii |
| 1945/09/02 | Admiral Chester W Nimitz signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the United States. | USS MISSOURI, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii |
| 1945/09/02 | Web Edwards concludes the broadcast from Tokyo: And so now we have peace in the world. From the Pacific, ladies and gentlemen, as if God Himself approves, the clouds have broken away, and the sun has come out in these first moments of peace.... | USS MISSOURI, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii |
| 1945/09/02 | At the Ba Dinh flower garden, Ho Chi Minh reads the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in front of thousands of people. Announcing the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the country's independence from France. | Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hanoi |
| 1945/09/02 | National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific is dedicated. | National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu |
| 1972/01/24 | After 28 years of hiding in the jungle, Imperial Japanese Army Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi is discovered by farmers. After surrendering, he is sent home to Japan, where he is hailed as a national hero. Yokoi will marry and return to Guam for his honeymoon. | Yokoi's Cave, Talo'fo'fo, GU |
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