posted on 2024-06-05, 18:59authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
My father, Eddie En Po Tseng, was a war correspondent present on the USS Missouri at the time of the Japanese surrender. A photograph, signed to him personally by General MacArthur, was presented to him as a memento of this important event. There was only one telephone link for the journalists to the outside world. The war correspondents drew lots to be the first person to broadcast the news of the formal Japanese surrender to the world. My father was the lucky one.
History
Item list and details
Certificates of attendance at major surrenders
Person the story/items relate to
Eddie En Po Tseng and General Douglas MacArthur
Person who shared the story/items
Anon
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
The late Eddie Tseng was my father
Type of submission
Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.