admiral samuel cox professor richard strine are, and -- striner and jack. this has been great, and i thank you all for coming, and we stand adjourned. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3 to join the conversation, like us on facebook @c-span history. >> each week american history tv's "reel america" brings archival films that help to tell the story of the 20 century. [video clip] ♪ >> throughout the world, throngs of people hailed the end of war in europe. it has been five years and more since hitler marched into poland, years of suffering and death had been sacrificed. now the war against germany is won. a grateful nation gives thanks for victory. hundreds of thousands crowded to american churches to give thanks to god. ♪ president truman announced the official surrender. president truman: this is a solemn but glo