The Latest Generation

Summer of Trinity - Week Ending September 2, 1945


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Sunday, August 26,1945 - 41 Days After Trinity

Huaiyin–Huai'an Campaign

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlord_Era

Monday, August 27,1945 - 42 Days After Trinity

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2006/february/destroyers-tokyo-bay

Tuesday, August 28,1945 - 43 Days After Trinity

U.S. occupation of Japan begins.

https://www.kirtland.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000119766/

Wednesday, August 29,1945 - 44 Days After Trinity

https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/photograph-records/64-57-01

https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/photograph-records/64-57-02

https://thenewswheel.com/the-west-wing-wheels-harry-s-truman/

Thursday, August 30,1945 - 45 Days After Trinity

https://spectator.org/macarthur-lands-at-atsugi-airfield-august-30-1945/

https://www.johnjgobbell.com/2020/11/03/surrender-at-tokyo-bay-by-john-gobbell/

Friday, August 31,1945 - 46 Days After Trinity

Supreme Allied Command

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/uss-west-virginia-japan-surrender

September 1945

Saturday, September 1,1945 - 47 Days After Trinity

United Nations charter

Sunday, September 2,1945 - 48 Days After Trinity

""We are gathered here, representatives of the major warring powers, to conclude a solemn agreement whereby peace may be restored…It is my earnest hope, indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage from the past, a world founded upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice."

General Douglas MacArthur

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