Nighttime celebration of Japan's unconditional surrender, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, August 1945
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Photograph. Flares illuminated the night sky during a celebration of Japan's surrender in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Official Caption: "Pearl Harbor Celebrates Japan's Unconditional Surrender. Colored flares illuminate the night sky as the news flash stating Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam ultimatum was received at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii. The whistle and horn of every ship in the harbor raised its voice to join in the celebration. At 7:00 PM. (Eastern War Time) on Aug. 14, 1945, President Truman announced the unconditional surrender of the Japanese Armed Forces. Photo through U. S. I. S. Rome. 43544-M. Approved by appropriate U.S. Authority. (B and C Lists)." Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 14 August 1945
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08/14/1945
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Items from the service of Isaac "Ike" Bethel Utley, who was born in Smith Mills, Kentucky on 3 March 1920. Ike enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 19 January 1942. He was shipped overseas to the European Theatre and worked with a supply division based out of the city of Naples with an office set up in a residential villa. Utley worked with the Office of War Information and used their photographs in news articles to inform soldiers of the progress of the war. At war's end, Utley returned stateside. A trunk full of over 800 photographs from the O.W.I. arrived on his doorstep from his office in Italy, sender unknown. This collection consists of those photographs.
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Pearl Harbor
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21.350
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-157.967
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Celebrations--Hawaii