The 1945 paper, issue 13 of 50

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Top of the front page of The Erstwhile Courier for 1945. The headline reads Japan Signs on the Missouri, over a photograph of General MacArthur signing the surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri.
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The Erstwhile Courier, 1945

A look inside: page 1 of 6

The front page for 1945, led by “Japan Signs on the Missouri,” with a photograph of General MacArthur signing at the surrender table in Tokyo Bay.