September 2, 1945:
World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: the Instrument of Surrender of Japan is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
Note that World War II ended 6 years and 1 day after it started (not figuring in Japanese and German aggression prior to the invasion of Poland). The United States participated fully for 4 and 3/4 years. Compare that to Afghanistan, where U.S. forces will have been involved for 10 years, as of October 7. Our involvement has been completely different in the two wars, I just wanted to note the fact that we've been in Afghanistan for almost 10 years. Why? I'm not exactly sure.
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