Flashback Fotos: Atlantans celebrate V-J Day on Peachtree St.

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Flashback Photos: Atlantans celebrate V-J Day on Peachtree St.

Crowds celebrate V-J Day ("Victory over Japan Day") on Peachtree Street, Atlanta, on Aug. 14, 1945.

Crowds celebrate V-J Day ("Victory over Japan Day") on Peachtree Street, Atlanta, on Aug. 14, 1945. (AJC FILE)

Peachtree Street on V-J Day ("Victory over Japan Day"), Atlanta, Aug. 14, 1945. (AJC FILE)

Soldier and woman embrace on V-J Day ("Victory over Japan Day"), Peachtree Street, Atlanta, on Aug. 14, 1945. (AJC FILE)

Atlantans read the good news on V-J Day ("Victory over Japan Day") in Atlanta in August, 1945. (AJC FILE)

Injured soldiers on Peachtree Street celebrating V-J Day ("Victory over Japan Day"), Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 14, 1945. (AJC FILE)

Soldiers and other celebrants on top of a streetcar on Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Aug. 14, 1945. (AJC FILE)

Part of the celebration on Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga the ending of World War II with V-J Day in August, 1945. Showing at the Loew's Grand: Van Johnson and Esther Williams in "Thrill of a Romance." Streetcars and automobiles are seen driving in the street; crowds line the sidewalks. (AJC FILE)

Aug. 14, 1945 was a day to celebrate for these soldiers and others in Atlanta. (AJC FILE)

Soldiers celebrate at an Atlanta hospital on Aug. 14, 1945. (AJC FILE)

Soldiers and other revelers celebrate atop a car on Peachtree Street, Atlanta, on Aug. 14, 1945. (AJC FILE)

Given liberty immediately after the announcement that Japan had accepted our terms of surrender, Navy V-12 students at Georgia Tech stage a demonstration on the campus. (AJC FILE)

Sailors and other rejoicing residents celebrate on Peachtree Street on Aug. 14, 1945. (AJC FILE)

Soldiers had much to celebrate on V-J Day in Atlanta on Peachtree Street on Aug. 14, 1945. (AJC FILE)

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Crowds celebrate V-J Day ("Victory over Japan Day") on Peachtree Street, Atlanta, on Aug. 14, 1945. (AJC FILE)

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