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Japanese troops surrender Marcus Island and Wake Island in the Pacific Theater
Part of ceremonies marking Japanese surender and victory over Japan at end of World War 2. Japanese forces surrender Marcus Island on board USS Bagley (DD-386) in Pacific Theater. Japanese Rear Admiral M. Matsubara surrenders his garrison to U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Whiting. Japanese and Allied officers sign the papers of surrender. View in September of American flag being raised on Wake Island by U.S. Marines after Japanese surrender. Colonel Walter Baylor accepts honors at the ceremony, having been the last to leave Wake Island, and now the first to return. View of destroyed Grumman F-4 Wildcats that assisted in efforts to hold off Japanese forces for 14 days of attack, earlier in the war.
Japanese troops surrender in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Nanking China at end of World War 2
Victory over Japan at end of World War 2. Japanese troops surrender Singapore and Hong Kong to British troops in Pacific Theater. Aerial view of city in Singapore. Allied ships in nearby harbor. Allied soldiers of Britain landing and marching on streets in Singapore. Next scene shows ships of British fleet seen in waters at Hong Kong. Low-flying aerial views of port areas and buildings of Hong Kong. British Navy combat teams move from building to building in small groups, flushing snipers from alleys, streets, and buildings. A British soldier rests a Bren light machine gun on an elevated porch and fires at an enemy sniper position. Several Japanese soldiers surrender to British forces. Next scene is in Nanking, China. View of officials gathering in Nanking for Japanese surrender ceremony at the Central Military Academy, which had been the enemy Japanese headquarters during the war.
Japanese troops surrender Shanghai and South Korea in the Pacific Theater at end of World War II.
Aerial view passing over Shanghai at end of World War 2, just after VJ Day surrender of Japan. People in Shanghai celebrate the surrender of Japanese troops. Citizens sew and the hold up a American flag. Various allied citizens celebrate together with Shanghai residents. A building with flags of America and China in front of it, a large "V" for victory, and a picture of Chiang Kai Shek on the wall. In Seoul, U.S. soldiers march and Korean citizens cheer the end of World War 2. A surrender ceremony takes place at Governor's Palace. Japanese and Allied officers sign documents. Lt. General John Hodge signs documents accepting the Japanese surrender. In front of the Palace, the Japanese flag is lowered from a flag pole, and the American flag is raised as officers salute.
Allied leaders meet at Yalta conference and Potsdam conference
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at Yalta conference in Ukraine. American and Russian troops meet at Elbe River in Aerial views of destroyed buildings in Berlin, Germany. German officers sign surrender documents in Rheims. President Harry S. Truman, Stalin and Churchill meet at Potsdam conference in Germany. American troops fight in Iwo Jima, Japan. American flag raised. Aerial views of ruins in Tokyo. (World War II period).
Unveiling of 1st edition statue of U.S. flag raising at Iwo Jima, held at Times Square in New York, as 7th War Bond drive opens.
7th War Bond drive opens at Times Square in New York City, during World War 2. A large number of people gathered at the occasion. Crowd gathered around a statue of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan. (This is the original plaster edition created by sculptor Dr. Felix W. de Weldon, which served as the model for the future Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington Virginia). Soldiers seated as they look at the flag raising statue. Three survivors of the flag raising raise the American flag at the ceremony to promote the sale of bonds during the 7th War Bond drive: Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon, Pfc. Ira Hayes and PhM 2/c John H. Bradley, USN.
United States aircraft take off and land aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
United States aircraft come aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A United States Navy Task Force underway at sea. Aircraft on the deck of the ship. An aircraft takes off as a signalman waves. The aircraft in flight. The fighter bomber aircraft return to the carrier after striking Japanese positions in China, Formosa and islands off the coast of Japan. The aircraft land and taxi on the flight deck. An aircraft lands and falls over the side of the aircraft carrier while taxing. The pilot is rescued and carried away on a stretcher. An aircraft takes off from the deck.