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. Photograph caption dated August 10, 1945 reads "Three Herald and Express reporters with sons in the armed forces watch intently as news on the latest developments in the war situation comes over the wire. Left to right, Jud Baker, whose step-son, First Lieut. Charles R. York, is in India; Sanford Jarrel, whose son, Pat, has just returned from Okinawa, and Agness Underwood, whose son, George, is in the navy, stationed in Caroline Islands." The three are leaning over a large teletype machine in an office.
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Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express (Firm) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express (Firm)--Employees World War, 1939-1945 Parents--California--Los Angeles Journalists--California--Los Angeles Newspaper employees--California--Los Angeles Teletype--California--Los Angeles American newspapers--California--Los Angeles Offices--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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