Chicago Sun Headline: "IT'S ALL OVER! JAPS TO ACCEPT"

Japanese Surrender

Periodical

[ATOM BOMB] [World War II] Original Newspaper. The Chicago Sun, Extra Edition dated Tuesday, August 14. 1945, the day Japanese Emperor Hirohito accepts the terms of the Potsdam Declaration and the day before V-J Day, the day his official surrender was broadcast over the radio which signaled the end of WWII in the Pacific. 12 pages recto verso with the front page story: "EXTRA, San Francisco, Aug. 13-(UP)-Tokyo radio said today (Tuesday, Aug. 14, Tokyo time) that an imperial message accepting the Potsdam declaration was forthcoming soon. The Tokyo flash said: 'Flash-Tokyo-Aug. 14-Learned Imperial message accepting Potsdam proclamation forthcoming soon.' The broadcast was recorded by the United Press, San Francisco. The fateful announcement came at 2:49 p.m. Tuesday (12:49 a.m. Chicago time)-90 hours, 19 minutes after Tokyo radio first broadcast Japan's surrender offer." Newspaper in in excellent condition.

Item #12974

Price: $80.00