75th Anniversary - ‘Unconditional Surrender’ - Virtual Event

Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Independence, MO

From one of the foremost scholars of the Asia-Pacific War, Richard B. Frank’s latest book Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937-May 1942 is the first volume of a trilogy on Asia in World War II. Frank provides dramatic details on the battles of the Pacific Theater while analyzing the larger political, economic and social effects of the war.

Please join us for a digital program presented in honor of the 75^th anniversary of Japan’s signing of the instrument of surrender. Frank is an independent scholar specializing in the Asia-Pacific War who has written a number of books, including Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire, which was the 2000 recipient of the Harry S. Truman Book Award.

This 75th-anniversary program is generously sponsored by Speaks Chapel.