General MacArthur: "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 of 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."
USS Missouri (BB-63)
Officials from the Japanese government signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender at this location on September 2 1945, thereby ending World War II.