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On this day in 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II. The original New York Times article from that day, available here, contains this interesting tidbit about the events of that day:
The Navy canceled nearly $6,000,000,000 of prime contracts.
That’s $6 billion. In 1945 dollars. ($72 billion in today’s dollars, according to this site.) Will there ever be an August 14, 1945 for the “War on Terror”?
