Japanese Emperor Hirohito surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945. The surrender treaty was accepted and signed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Sept. 2, 1945 in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri.

Narrated by country music star Luke Bryan, the documentary “Surrender on the USS Missouri” focuses on the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, ending World War II.

HONOLULU -- When Japanese military leaders climbed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, the battleship was packed with U.S. sailors eager to see the end of World War II.

Japanese representatives are shown on board the USS Missouri during the surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay, Japan, on Sept. 2, 1945. (Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images) ...

World War II officially came to an end not on Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945, but on VJ Day, with the signing of the surrender treaty with Japan on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in ...

67 years ago on September 2, 1945, the Japanese formally surrendered to the Allies aboard the USS Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay, officially ending World War Two. This is a three minute Newsreel ...

U.S. NAVY Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, representing the United States, signed the Instrument of Surrender on board the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay.

The Missouri, converted into a memorial in 1998, sits a few hundred yards from the USS Arizona Memorial, which straddles the battleship that sank Dec. 7, 1941, in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Object Details Location Currently not on view ID Number ZZ.RSN79670W50 Object Name Photograph Other Terms Photograph; Documents Measurements overall (in sleeve): 14 in x 11 1/2 in x in; 35.56 cm x ...

The horrific human atrocity of World War II ended aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as Japan formally signed documents of surrender on this day in history, Sept. 2, 1945.