CHICAGO TRIBUNE WORLD WAR II V-J DAY COMPLETE FINAL EDITION AUGUST 15, 1945

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CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE COMPLETE AND ORIGINAL WWII V-J DAY ONE-STAR FINAL EDITION AUGUST 15, 1945
You are bidding on a complete and original 34-page Chicago Tribune one-star Final Edition, published and printed on V-J Day, 8/15/1945. This historic newspaper is in good condition, read to read or display.
In addition to "Peace At Last," front page stories include the full surrender of Japanese forces to General Douglas MacArthur, as well as Emperor Hirohito's decision to cede authority to MacArthur, who would go on to govern Japan while serving as Supreme Allied Commander and American
proconsul during most of the postwar Occupation.
Headlines also seen above the fold concern the tragic fate of the USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser torpedoed in the Western Pacific by the Japanese Navy four days earlier, resulting in 879 deaths among a crew of 1,195. The
sinking of the Indianapolis
resulted in the greatest single loss of life at sea from a single ship in the history of the US Navy.
A headline story from Postwar Europe on this date detailed the treason conviction and death sentence handed down by a French jury to Marshal Philippe Petain, France's greatest hero of World War I. Petain's later role as the elderly head of Vichy France during World War II led to his 1945 conviction for collaborating with the Axis Powers.
The inside pages of this newspaper's front section contain several full-page advertisements from prominent Chicago retailers to mark the end of the War, including a 3/4-page ad by Sears Roebuck & Co., with other timely full-page displays made by Walgreen Drug Stores, Marshall Field & Co., The Fair, Carson Pirie Scott & Co., Wieboldt's and Goldblatt Brothers.
The back page of the front section shows a full-page photo of the crowd beginning to form in the middle of State Street to celebrate Victory and the long-awaited ending of the Second World War.