The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Saturday, August 15, 2020
75 Years Ago Today Was V-J Day, the Real End of World War II
From Wikipedia.
Victory Over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is the day Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect, bringing that war to an end.
The term is applied to both days in which the initial announcement of the end of the war was made -- August 15, 1945, in Japan, and, because of time zone differences, August 14, 1945, when it was announced in the United States. It also applies to September 2, 1945, when the official surrender document was signed.
The long nightmare was finally over.
--GreGen
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