vj day

[jstert]

8/15/1945.
people who know of it, even from their parents who lived it, are fast-dwindling. a singular day in history, it marked the start of north america’s golden age, while huge swaths of the world traded one dictator, or one conflict, for yet another. lest we forget, thank god we prevailed.

 

[DriveHard]

Who could forget the timeless photo?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-J_Day_in_Times_Square

 

[SeaJay]

Did a tour of the USS Missouri some years ago in Pearl Harbor. They showed us the damage from where a Kamakazi hit the port side, mid hull or thereabouts. Also set the stage in the bow where the actual signing of the treaty was to take place (which it did by the emperor himself), along with MacArthur's having the ship's guns pointed directly at Japan with a warning that any delay in the unconditional signing would be met with fire and fury the likes of which the island did not want to contemplate.

It was very, very impressive. Anyone in Hawaii on Oahu should not miss the entire Pearl Harbor museum and all that it has.

 

[Kira]

When I think of the worldwide hardships, the deaths, the murders, the shortages...starvations....lingering deaths by infection....fractured families...THEN have to listen to fat slobs complaining about wearing masks to control THEIR OWN droplets of spittle, it nauseates me.

How limited our capacity to sense things has become.

Imagine today's complainers and whimps dealing with living in London during the Blitz.....or anything else during that time.

 

[wpod]

Did a tour of the USS Missouri some years ago in Pearl Harbor. They showed us the damage from where a Kamakazi hit the port side, mid hull or thereabouts. Also set the stage in the bow where the actual signing of the treaty was to take place (which it did by the emperor himself), along with MacArthur's having the ship's guns pointed directly at Japan with a warning that any delay in the unconditional signing would be met with fire and fury the likes of which the island did not want to contemplate.

It was very, very impressive. Anyone in Hawaii on Oahu should not miss the entire Pearl Harbor museum and all that it has.

I went on a dependents day cruise of the Missouri. We left long beach Calif went west and that ship goes fast, then they demoed all the guns except the missiles , the 5 inch guns, I have a casing, the sea Wiz, the 16 inchers the muzzle blast is amazing and you can see the projectiles splash into the ocean. They cooked us an amazing lunch . The Missouri then joined a carrier group [ I now know where star wars got their idea of the death star.] We saw take offs and landings from afar and had an Arleigh Burk destroyer give is a handling and armament demo,, except the missiles but they exposed them. Then we had an F14 supersonic flyby , supersonic is fast the shock wave hitting me was cool . When returning to port in San Diego the sailors and Marines manned the rails and gun turrets, it was so beautiful that even today tears come to my eyes at its beauty . It was some thing will never forget and our guys in uniform are so, so amazing.

 

[reemoeMO]

Did a tour of the USS Missouri some years ago in Pearl Harbor. They showed us the damage from where a Kamakazi hit the port side, mid hull or thereabouts. Also set the stage in the bow where the actual signing of the treaty was to take place (which it did by the emperor himself), along with MacArthur's having the ship's guns pointed directly at Japan with a warning that any delay in the unconditional signing would be met with fire and fury the likes of which the island did not want to contemplate.

It was very, very impressive. Anyone in Hawaii on Oahu should not miss the entire Pearl Harbor museum and all that it has.

I was on my honeymoon in Hawaii in June of 1998 (got married on D-Day, June 6) when the Missouri arrived in Pearl Harbor. Opened as a museum the following year, it was quite an experience to visit when I returned in 2003.

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

8/15/1945.
people who know of it, even from their parents who lived it, are fast-dwindling. a singular day in history, it marked the start of north america’s golden age, while huge swaths of the world traded one dictator, or one conflict, for yet another. lest we forget, thank god we prevailed.

I remember doing without in WWII as many consumer goods were rationed. There was a government warehouse on Central Ave SE, across the street from the fairgrounds south entrance, that was full of pinto beans destined for our troops. Also remember my mom adding food coloring to oleomargarine so as to look like butter. Still have some of the ration stamps that were required to purchase many items. Days long gone by.