The U.S.S. Missouri and Allied planes in Tokyo Bay on the day of Japan’s surrender, Sept. 2, 1945; a California-bound bus from the Gila River Relocation Center, a Japanese internment camp in Rivers, Ariz.; the all-female, all-Black 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion at the marketplace in Rouen, France, in May 1945.CreditCredit...National Archives
Sept. 2, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the official end of World War II, a conflict that changed millions of lives and the course of global history. For our Beyond the World War II We Know series, we set out to recount stories both personal and profound, and explore the end of the war and its aftermath. Here is a selection of those articles.
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Cyril W. Spiegelhoff of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee leads a group of kneeling American soldiers in prayer in Cologne, Germany, in April 1945.Credit...Margaret Bourke-White/The Life Picture Collection, via Getty Images
We Are Still Living the Legacy of World War II
Act III of the war — After the War — is now simply part of our daily reality, in America and globally, writes Tom Hanks. Read more
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Staff Sgt. Herbert Ellison explaining the G.I. Bill to fellow members of the 15th Air Force Service Command in Italy, circa 1944-45.Credit...Library of Congress/Corbis, via VCG, via Getty Images
Returning From War, Returning to Racism
After fighting overseas, Black soldiers faced violence and segregation at home. Many, like Lewis W. Matthews, were forced to take menial jobs. Although he managed to overcome racist policies, that wasn’t an option for many. Read more.
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