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On 14 August 1945, the Japanese accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration and agreed to surrender, ending World War II. It is known as V-J Day! Announcing the news the country in the evening, President Harry S. Truman also proclaimed a two-day holiday. Explosive celebrations immediately followed as Americans and their Allies rejoiced that World War II appeared to be at an end. Note, on 2 September 1945, representatives from Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender on board USS Missouri (BB 63) in Tokyo Bay
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Curtiss C-46A being prepared for deliverly to China.
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Arthur Young testing a early Bell Helicopter
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Curtiss P-36A Hawk
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Project Officer for Fighters, Captain Ben Kelsey tested a great number of aircraft models, possibly flying more new types of US fighters than any other pilot. He was first to fly the Bell twin-Allison XFM-1 Airacuda prototype on September 1, 1937 and the Bell XP-39. Captain Kelsey is exiting a Curtiss P-36 A at Wright Field.
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