United States, Home Front

All outstanding Lease-Lend contracts are cancelled by President Truman. Because Britain had been receiving many foodstuffs through this program, rationing in Britain will get worse than in wartime.

Images from August 21, 1945

A 2-inch mortar team of 1st Battalion, The Caribbean Regiment in Egypt, 21 August 1945

A 2-inch Mortar Team

TBM flys over wires and skips barriers, crashing into the island during carrier qualifications, 21 August 1945, Guadalcanal (CVE-60)

A TBM Crash Lands on a Carrier

TBM crashes into the Island, 21 August 1945

Guadalcanal (CVE-60)

A TBM Crashes into the Island

At Chihkiang Airfield in China, T/Sgt Chet Krejci of the 35th Photo Recon Squadron photographed the 21 August 1945 arrival of an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Mitsubishi Ki-57 TOPSY transport, a version of the Ki-21 SALLY heavy bomber, which carried the Japanese surrender delegation in China. (Courtesy Chester Krejci Family)

Japanese Surrender Delegation in China