STL History: August 14, 1945. KSD flashed the news to St. Louis that the Japanese had accepted the surrender terms. President Truman made the announcement official that WWII had ended. 5,400+ St. Louisans would become casualties of WWII by the Japans surrender, Aug 1945. End of the war meant thousands of St. Louisans working in war-related production would lose their jobs, 80,000 losing jobs after Japan’s surrender. Third War Loan drive parade moving east on Market Street past Union Station.

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