Shortly after Japan's surrender, in a ship's newspaper...

Item # 716177

August 29, 1945

BUTNER WORLD NEWS, Aug. 29, 1945 This is a mimeographed newspaper produced by the staff on board the USS General H.W. Butner, the American troop carrier transporting troops from Europe to the Pacific.
It is a four page newspaper, typewriter set, with front page headlines including: "MacArthur Gets Tough With Japs Regarding Signing of Peace Pact" "Army Transport Chief Says Almost Two Million GI's Now In Pacific To Go Home in Ten and Half Months" and more inside.
Measures 8 by 13 inches, two leaves stapled together, nice condition.