{"id":22,"date":"2011-10-31T23:22:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T04:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forgottensquadron.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2011-12-04T21:43:03","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T03:43:03","slug":"video-of-japanese-surrender-at-mengzi-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forgottensquadron.com\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"Video of Japanese Surrender at Mengzi, China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 3 September 1945, the day after the Japanese signed the surrender papers on the USS Missouri, the 449th escorted a Ki-21 Sally to Mengzi, China for a surrender ceremony involving Japanese officials in Hanoi. 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