WWII 80TH ANNIV 
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY EIGHT DECADES AGO, ONE OF THE DEADLIEST CONFLICTS IN HISTORY CAME TO AN END.

TODAY MARKS 80 YEARS SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II. JAPAN SIGNED A FORMAL SURRENDER SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1945 ON THE DECK OF THE BATTLESHIP USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY. AMERICANS CELEBRATED IN THE WEEKS BEFORE, AFTER PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN ANNOUNCED THE SURRENDER IN AUGUST. WORLD WAR II WAS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST AND MOST DESTRUCTIVE CONFLICTS IN HISTORY, MARKING THE ONLY TIME A NUCLEAR WEAPON HAS EVER BEEN USED IN WARFARE.