Happy VJ day

[Hawaiidan]

Lest we forget 1945....:o

[KNOT2L82SAIL]

The UK considers August 15 as the official VJ day. In the US, the official VJ day is celebrated on September 2.

[Salacia]

copied from http://www.history.com/topics/v-j-day

 

On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as "Victory over Japan Day," or simply "V-J Day." The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan's formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. Coming several months after the surrender of **** Germany, Japan's capitulation in the Pacific brought six years of hostilities to a final and highly anticipated close.

 

 

Interesting video from Aug 14, 1945 filmed in Hawaii:

[RuthC]

In the US, the official VJ day is celebrated on September 2.

Rhode Island is the only state that observes VJ Day (called Victory Day here) as a legal holiday, although it is now observed as a Monday holiday rather than on August 14. (we observed it yesterday)

[the2ofus]

Oh wow, what memories that evokes! We lived outside Buffalo, NY. My Dad had been an air raid warden and also worked at the Curtiss-Wright plant. As soon as the news of the surrender came over the radio that evening, he, our Mom and we four kids piled into our old Studebaker.

 

Dad strapped a big truck wheel to the side of the car. Each of us kids had a tire iron or other metal implement. We drove into the city, pounding on that wheel and making an awful racket. Downtown, the streets were full of cars and people, cheering, honking horns, church bells ringing and everyone making noise to celebrate. The euphoria and the relief and joy were absolutely overwhelming. Even we kids understood how amazing the moment was. Dad drove around until long after we kids all fell asleep. You know, I don't have any memory of whether there were any dents in the car, but i sure remember that night.

[Typhoon1]

The UK considers August 15 as the official VJ day. In the US, the official VJ day is celebrated on September 2.

 

Now I know why nothing was noted for today on my calendar.

[Hawaiidan]

to the Marines and the Navy....no matter what the politicians say

They sort of glossed over August 6 too.....Enola Gay Day.

[arewethereyet]

to the Marines and the Navy....no matter what the politicians say

They sort of glossed over August 6 too.....Enola Gay Day.

They pretty much ignore many of the commemorative dates associated with WWII now.

 

George Santayana said "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"

arewethereyet's twist on that is "we are determined to ignore the past so we can be surprised when we repeat it" ;)

 

It's really sad to me how many kids have no idea what many of those dates are for.