The Pikes Peak National Cemetery will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on Wednesday. 

The event marking President Harry Truman’s announcement of the unconditional surrender of Japan will feature taps, a rifle salute, a wreath dedication and military honors. 

Truman announced the end of the war days after the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, marking the end of a war that killed 407,316 American troops and injured 671,278 more, according to the National World War II Museum. 

In his radio address on Sept. 1, Truman honored the sacrifices of the troops and the united effort required to triumph in Europe and the Pacific. 

“From our war plants rolled the tanks and planes which blasted their way to the heart of our enemies; from our shipyards sprang the ships which bridged all the oceans of the world for our weapons and supplies,” Truman said.

“From our farms came the food and fiber for our armies and navies and for our Allies in all the corners of the earth; from our mines and factories came the raw materials and the finished products which gave us the equipment to overcome our enemies.”

Emperor Hirohito addressed his nation on the radio on Aug. 15, noting that the U.S. had begun to employ “a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to damage is, indeed, incalculable.” 

“Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization.” 

The local ceremony will start at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Pikes Peak National Cemetery.

A ceremony marking the end of the war is held every five years at all 156 Department of Veterans Affairs cemeteries.