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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowOn Sept. 2, 1945, the Japanese formally surrendered aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, officially ending War World II. Afterward, people celebrated in Indianapolis, in part by jumping into the fountains on Monument Circle.
Sources: Indiana Historical Society, USO.org
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