Original 'Extra' editions of the Los Angeles Times from August 14, 1945, proclaim the end of World War II with the banner headline 'PEACE!' Reporting that Japan had accepted the Allies' unconditional surrender terms under the Potsdam Declaration, these street-sale newspapers capture the electric moment the American public learned the war was over, alongside a companion V-J Day edition noting the lifting of wartime rationing measures. Project: 218478