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02
Sep
PSA FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG
02
Sep
JAPAN SURRENDERED ON THIS DAY IN 1945
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrendered to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II.
By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone
conclusion. The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed.
The Allied naval blockade of Japan and intensive bombing of
Japanese cities had left the country and its economy devastated.
At the end of June, the Americans captured Okinawa, a Japanese
island from which the Allies could launch an invasion of the main Japanese home islands.
U.S. General Douglas MacArthur was put in charge of the invasion,
which was code-named “Operation Olympic” and set for November
1945.
02
Sep
ACTION MOVIE STAR IS 62 YEARS OLD TODAY
Canadian born Keanu Reeves brought laid-back charisma to blockbusters like Speed (1994) and The Matrix (1999).
Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential
people in the world.
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