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The Second World War came to an end 75 years ago today...
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:26 pm
It was September 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay. The time was just after 9:00 AM local when the representatives from the Japanese government arrived aboard the USS Missouri. Every square foot of the Mighty Mo's deck was covered with military personnel for the occasion. General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Allied Command for all forces in the Pacific, was the master of ceremonies. One by one, the representatives from the great nations gathered next to the document of surrender and signed their names to the paper. Finally...it was the Japanese Empire's turn to sign the articles of surrender to make the ceremony official and final.
Once the document had been signed and everyone returned to their places, MacArthur uttered the final words of the greatest conflict in the history of mankind: "These proceedings are closed."
The war had lasted 2,193 days and taken the lives of more than 80 million people.
Once the document had been signed and everyone returned to their places, MacArthur uttered the final words of the greatest conflict in the history of mankind: "These proceedings are closed."
The war had lasted 2,193 days and taken the lives of more than 80 million people.
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Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:29 pm to RollTide1987
75 years ago. Amazing
WWII vets are fading fast.
WWII vets are fading fast.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:30 pm to The Boat
I remember watching this on my iPad. Such a special moment.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:30 pm to RollTide1987
This post was edited on 9/1/20 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:31 pm to The Boat
There aren't many left:(
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:33 pm to The Boat
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75 years ago. Amazing
WWII vets are fading fast.
fricking chokes me up. I wish I could interview them all and hear their stories.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:35 pm to RollTide1987
Say what you want but if Hitler had won I bet we wouldn’t have all these trannys right now.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:37 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
I suspect many OT and PTbaws wouldn’t admit but they wish Hitler would have won
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:38 pm to RollTide1987
There will never be another war like that with men as great as they. 
This post was edited on 9/1/20 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:42 pm to RollTide1987
We had to vaporize a bunch of them yellow bugers, but we got 'er done.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:45 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Wasn't his morbidly obsese drug addict second in command rumored to be a cross dresser?
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:46 pm to RollTide1987
After all was said and done, MacArthur asked for those two tables to be set aside for history.
He went into the galley where they had already been mixed with hundreds of others and they told him "to take his pick."
I am fortunate to have a 100 year old friend that was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. Still sharp as a tack!
Greatest Generation!
He went into the galley where they had already been mixed with hundreds of others and they told him "to take his pick."
I am fortunate to have a 100 year old friend that was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. Still sharp as a tack!
Greatest Generation!
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:46 pm to RollTide1987
2x WW champs.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:46 pm to RollTide1987
Speaking for both my grandpa’s
‘frick Nazi’s’
‘frick Nazi’s’
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:46 pm to RollTide1987
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75 years
And look at how we’ve screwed the pooch...
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:58 pm to RollTide1987
I have a sad feeling WWII will be relegated to the back shelf by the education Marxists as they find some way to convince us it’s actually tainted history. Fortunately there is decent footage available that people will always find captivating, unlike with the Civil War. There was a time when people of all ages traveled to Civil War battlefields and studied the history. This is similar with WWI history in Europe.
This post was edited on 9/1/20 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 9/1/20 at 9:34 pm to RollTide1987
My grandfather-in law was a WWII vet, and he never, I mean NEVER spoke about what went on out in the Pacific.
About a year before he passed, he started suffering from dementia and one day at a family gathering, all the men was in the shop watching TV, and a commercial came on and something about it triggered his memory and he finally started talking about his experience.....We stayed in that shop until 3AM.
It was the first time his kids and grandkids heard grandpa tell war stories.
Moral of the story, if a WWII vet starts telling war stories, you shut up and listen.
About a year before he passed, he started suffering from dementia and one day at a family gathering, all the men was in the shop watching TV, and a commercial came on and something about it triggered his memory and he finally started talking about his experience.....We stayed in that shop until 3AM.
It was the first time his kids and grandkids heard grandpa tell war stories.
Moral of the story, if a WWII vet starts telling war stories, you shut up and listen.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 9:40 pm to Modern
So what did he say?
Posted on 9/1/20 at 9:40 pm to RollTide1987
Today is September 1st. The war officially ended September 2nd. WW2 started 81 years ago today when Germany invaded Poland.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 9:41 pm to The Boat
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WWII vets are fading fast.
My Dad's a 100 year old WW2 vet. Most of those remaining are in their mid-to-late 90's. I have the field jacket he wore on Okinawa. He was inducted in to the Army March 7, 1942, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana (an Army post he actually helped construct as a civilian after he left LSU for financial reasons) and did his basic training at Camp Crowder, Missouri. He served in the South Pacific in New Guinea, Dutch East Indies, The Philippines, Okinawa, and Japan. His recollection of his time in the service is still crystal clear at 100 years old.
This post was edited on 9/1/20 at 9:49 pm
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