Some interesting facts about Japan's WWII surrender

I thought I'd share with you some interesting facts about the Japanese surrender that ended World War II in the Pacific.

As everyone knows, the Japanese surrendered because the U.S. had dropped two atomic bombs on them. So why was the surrender on the USS Missouri and not on land? Reason, a naval vessel is considered sovereign territory and it was more intimidating for the Japanese to have to go on to an American ship versus it being eone on land.

Originally, the surrender was to have been on the USS South Dakota, but President Harry Truman changed it to the USS Missouri because he was from Missouri.

The Missouri was in the middle of a great naval armada of American ships to show the U.S. power. When the Japanese delegation boarded the ship, they had to walk a long ways. Sort of like going to a big shot's office and his office was at the end of the office complex and they had to walk upstairs.

Also, all the honor guard picked were all over 6 feet tall, to intimidate the smaller Japanese delegation. And to extend that further, after the signing, a group of over 400 American airplanes flew over, to further intimidate the delegation in case they thought about changing their minds.