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File #: 22-517    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 7/27/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/23/2022 Final action: 8/23/2022
Title: A Resolution honoring September 2, 1945 as Victory Over Japan Day Presenter: Dave Donelson, Councilmember District 1
Attachments: 1. Victory Over Japan Day, 2. Signed Resolution No. 119-22

 

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A Resolution honoring September 2, 1945 as Victory Over Japan Day

 

  Presenter: 

Dave Donelson, Councilmember District 1

 

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  Summary:

At 7 p.m. on Aug. 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced the unconditional surrender of Japan to reporters gathered at the White House. Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) would officially be celebrated in the United States on the day formal surrender documents were signed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945

 

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Recommended Action

  Proposed Motion:

Approve a Resolution honoring September 2, 1945 as Victory Over Japan Day

 

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