On May 8, 1945, President Harry Truman announced Germany's surrender to the United Nations, marking the end of the war in Europe. That same day happened to be Truman's 61st birthday, making a historic moment even more personal. Crowds flooded Times Square, bells rang out, and the country let out a collective breath it had been holding for years.
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Speaker A:
It's American Rewind.
Speaker B:
,:
Speaker B:
That's just weeks after assuming the presidency.
Speaker B:
It was a birthday like none other.
Speaker B:
And that morning, around 9am his present was giving the nation news on the radio that few of them would ever forget.
Speaker A:
This is a solemn but a glorious hour.
Speaker A:
I only wish that Franklin D. Roosevelt had lived to witness this day.
Speaker A:
General Eisenhower informs me that the forces of Germany have surrendered to the United Nations.
Speaker B:
In New York, soldiers, sailors and civilians poured into Times Square.
Speaker B:
Church bells rang, car horns blasted.
Speaker B:
People sang in the streets because the war in Europe was over.
