September 2, 1945. The mighty battleship USS Missouri and an armada of hundreds of ships waited patiently for the end of the biggest, most destructive conflict the world had ever seen.

The American forces had been anchored in Tokyo Bay for a few days. They were surrounded by naval mines, having been carefully escorted into the port of the enemy they'd devastated with two nuclear bombs just weeks before. Many suspected it was a trap.

'This is a permanent memorial so that anybody walking up to that grave site can read their story for decades to come on their phones.'

But just after 9 a.m. local time, Japanese and American delegations met on the ship's deck to sign documents formalizing the unconditional surrender of the Empire of the Sun. The war was over.

As part of the surrender ceremo

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