From what I remember they signed a surrender agreement and it basically stated the US is taking over Japan. Cease fire. I guess Steves post was the formal official wars end. Hostilities continued after the signing on the Missouri. But thinking deeper, gathering wayward troops, material, formal records collected and examined, courts for war crimes completed. So I guess Steve's 1951 would be he offical end of government and military involvement?
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