Pacific veterans reach U.S.

Verenigde Staten, 14 augustus 1945

Pacific veterans reach U.S. on the day that marked the end of the war Wounded veterans of the Pacific war, wearing shoulder casts, express their joy aboard a U.S. Navy transport which docked in New York on August 14, 1945, the day that marked the end of the war. At 7:00 P.M. (eastern War Time) on August 14, U.S. President Harry S. Truman announced that the Japanese had accepted the Allies unconditional surrender terms as stated in the Potsdam Ultimatum.