Welcome macarthur and his chief of staff, general sutherland, aboard. The admiral escorts General Macarthur to the lander deck, where the ceremony is supposed to take place. It is september 2, 1945. Right now, we are on the 01 level of the battleship missouri, also known as the veranda deck. We now call this deck the surrender deck. This is where september 2, 1945, the japanese signed the Unconditional Surrender ending world war ii. The pocket behind me is where the table sat that day. The ship looks different, the shady canopy overhead was not installed, and the torrent behind me was rotated 30 degrees to star board to make more room for all the officials to be on board. If you had looked above us that day, you would see thousands of members of missouris crew, crews of other ships, hanging onto anything they could trying to get a glimpse of what was about to occur on this deck. At 9 00 in the morning, the ceremony was supposed to start. Members of the japanese delegation were making t
53,000 ton plank ship of admiral becomes therd fleet scene of an unforgettable ceremony, marking the complete and formal surrender of japan. In the bay of tokyo itself, the United States destroyer buchanan comes alongside bringing , representatives of the allied powers to witness the capitulation. General of the army, Douglas Macarthur supreme allied , commander for the occupation of japan, boards the missouri. Admiral nimitz and Admiral Halsey welcome macarthur and his chief of staff, general sutherland, aboard. The admiral escorts General Macarthur to the veranda deck, where the ceremony is supposed to take place. It is september 2, 1945. Right now, we are on the 01 level of the battleship missouri, also known as the veranda deck. But, thanks to the events of september 2, 1945, we now call this deck the surrender deck. This is where september 2, 1945, the japanese signed the Unconditional Surrender ending world war ii. Behind me here is where the table sat that day. The ship looked d
General of the army, Douglas Macarthur, supreme allied commander for the occupation of japan, boards the missouri. Fleet admiral nimitz and Admiral Halsey welcome macarthur and his chief of staff, general sutherland, aboard. Admiral nimitz escorts General Macarthur to the veranda deck, where the ceremony is supposed to take place. It is september 2, 1945. Right now, we are on the 01 level of the battleship missouri, also known as the veranda deck. But, thanks to the events of september 2, 1945, we now call this deck the surrender deck. This is where september 2, 1945, the japanese signed the Unconditional Surrender ending world war ii. In fact, just behind me here is where the table sat that day. The ship looked different. The big difference the nice, shady canopy overhead was not installed, and the turret behind me was rotated 30 degrees to star board to make more room for all the officials that would be on board. If you had looked above us that day, you would see thousands of members
Fleet admiral nimitz and Admiral Halsey welcome macarthur and his chief of staff, general sutherland, aboard. Admiral nimitz escorts General Macarthur to the veranda deck, where the ceremony is supposed to take place. It is sunday, september 2, 1945. Right now, we are on the 01 level of the battleship missouri, also known as the veranda deck. But, thanks to the events of september 2, 1945, we now call this deck the surrender deck. This is where september 2, 1945, the japanese signed the Unconditional Surrender ending world war ii. In fact, just behind me here is where the table sat that day. The ship looked different. The big difference, the nice, shady canopy overhead was not installed, and the turret behind me was rotated 30 degrees to star board to make more room for all the officials that would be on board. If you had looked above us that day, you would see thousands of members of missouris crew, crews of other ships, hanging onto anything they could trying to get a glimpse of what
Speaking of engagement, i hope you will take the opportunity during our interview to doing todays discussion by submitting questions as we go along. You can do that by clicking the q a button at the bottom of your screen. Today, as vicente mentioned, we are joined by my friend robert zoellick, he has served america and served her well across multiple administrations and in a range of key roles in the late 80s he served as counselor to the secretary of the treasury under secretary of state as well as White House Deputy chief of staff. In the george w. Bush years he served as ab and later president of the world bank. Hes received numerous honors the state departments highest award, the treasury departments Alexander Hamilton award, and dod medal for distinguished public service. The American Government werent the only ones, the German Government awarded him the night commanders cross, the Mexican Government awarded him their aztec eagle and chili gave chile abof course the author of a re