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Lest we forget.... VJ Day 75 Years Ago
Posted on 8/14/20 at 9:44 am
Posted on 8/14/20 at 9:44 am
Victory over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day[1]) is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. The term has been applied to both of the days on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made – August 15, 1945, in Japan, and because of time zone differences, August 14, 1945 (when it was announced in the United States and the rest of the Americas and Eastern Pacific Islands) – as well as to September 2, 1945, when the surrender document was signed, officially ending World War II.
August 15 is the official V-J Day for the United Kingdom, while the official US commemoration is September 2.[2] The name, V-J Day, had been selected by the Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe.
On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo Bay, Japan, aboard the battleship USS Missouri. In Japan, August 15 usually is known as the "memorial day for the end of the war"
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I have a friend who was at Pearl Harbor and flew planes with my Dad in the Pacific. I'm going to call him today!
August 15 is the official V-J Day for the United Kingdom, while the official US commemoration is September 2.[2] The name, V-J Day, had been selected by the Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe.
On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo Bay, Japan, aboard the battleship USS Missouri. In Japan, August 15 usually is known as the "memorial day for the end of the war"
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I have a friend who was at Pearl Harbor and flew planes with my Dad in the Pacific. I'm going to call him today!
Posted on 8/14/20 at 9:47 am to ItzMe1972
Son of a bitch, I forgot.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 9:47 am to ItzMe1972
My grandmother (no pics) had five older brothers in the war. She said the happiest days were V-E and V-J Day because she knew they would all be coming home alive. A couple got wounded, but still came home in one piece.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 9:52 am to sabes que
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When is “VJJ” day?
Every day is a good day for VJJ. So that makes every day VJJ day, no?
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:03 am to ItzMe1972
Yes, let's celebrate a drunken gambler (Truman), killing an enormous number of innocent civilians. Which caused birth defects for several generations after. What a great moment in history.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:11 am to FightingTigers138
I can see you didn’t attend school past 8th grade. If you had you would have learned the reasoning behind the bombs being dropped.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:16 am to FightingTigers138
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Yes, let's celebrate a drunken gambler (Truman), killing an enormous number of innocent civilians. Which caused birth defects for several generations after. What a great moment in history.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:16 am to lsudave1
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I can see you didn’t attend school past 8th grade. If you had you would have learned the reasoning behind the bombs being dropped.
Please explain the justification of killing 80,000 innocent people upon impact and many many more with radiation poisoning. I would love to hear it.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:19 am to FightingTigers138
It saved millions more from perishing. I’d start there.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:23 am to CapstoneGrad06
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It saved millions more from perishing. I’d start there.
Soldier deaths are not the same as civilian deaths. One is an act of war, the other is an act of terrorism.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:26 am to FightingTigers138
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Soldier deaths are not the same as civilian deaths. One is an act of war, the other is an act of terrorism.
So what do you suppose would have happened to civilians of imperial Japan when the Allied Forces invaded Japan? Dumbass.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:27 am to brewhan davey
That’s a classic photo right there..
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:28 am to FightingTigers138
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Soldier deaths are not the same as civilian deaths. One is an act of war, the other is an act of terrorism.
Who the hell do you think was going to die in massive numbers once an invasion of the main island of Japan was under way?
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:28 am to FightingTigers138
I’m hoping you are trolling...
Watch Band of Brothers - Pacific
Watch Band of Brothers - Pacific
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:33 am to FightingTigers138
quote:Here's a fool who has the luxury of passing judgment while sitting on his fat arse 75 years removed from a huge decision. You have no insight into how stupid and small you sound right now.
FightingTigers138
This post was edited on 8/14/20 at 10:33 am
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:33 am to CapstoneGrad06
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Who the hell do you think was going to die in massive numbers once an invasion of the main island of Japan was under way?
We would have been targeting civilians?
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:34 am to LSUminati
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So what do you suppose would have happened to civilians of imperial Japan when the Allied Forces invaded Japan? Dumbass.
Thanks for the info. I didn't realize we killed all the women and children when we occupied a country.
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