“Japan Surrenders” Patriotic [Cover]
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“Japan Surrenders” Patriotic [Cover]Description
Hand drawn and typed cachet commemorating the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on September 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay aboard USS Missouri.Context
As they went about their daily tasks, Texans on the home front gathered around their radios, eagerly read the daily news, watched newsreels at local movie houses and studied maps of foreign countries to learn the latest about the war overseas. This cover, made by an artist known only by their initials C.F.B., commemorates the formal surrender of Japan scheduled for August 31, 1945, but is postmarked on the official surrender date of September 2, 1945.Category
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