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Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and on August 9, 1945 on the city of Nagasaki. These actions shocked the country and prompted Emperor Hirohito to order the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War to accept the terms the Allies had set down in the Potsdam Declaration for ending the war. On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally. Both August 14 and 15 have been known as "V-J Day" or "Victory over Japan Day." The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan formally surrendered aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay.Pictured is a crowd celebrating V-J Day on Hollywood Boulevard. People are pictured walking in the street and on top of cars. Men in sailor uniforms can be seen and two people are holding flags with a band of six white stars on a dark background in the center, bordered by two light colored bands and two dark bands. One man is walking with a snare drum and holding a drumstick. Photograph dated August 15, 1945.

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