“Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain death—the seas bear only commerce men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. The entire world is quietly at peace. The holy mission has been completed.”
About This Quote
Radio broadcast after the surrender of the Japan on the battleship USS Missouri officially ending World War II (2 September 1945)
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