The Day the War Ended-- Part 1: August 14, 1945

From the August 14, 2015, Chicago Tribune Editorials.

"The war was over.

"In Washington, Secretary of State James Byrnes got the news by phone from Switzerland, where the Japanese government communicated its unconditional surrender.  Byrnes slammed down the handset in excitement, threw on his Panama hat and hurried across the street to the White House to inform President Harry Truman.  "The war was over.

"It was Aug. 14, 1945."

These had to be heady days.

--GreGen