Category: V-J Day

Take a Pause for A Day in History

On May 8, 1945 the world embraced V-E Day (Victory in Europe) and while the Nazis had formally accepted defeat, the war itself was not yet over. Death and destruction continued to rage on in the East. And America turned all its attention to defeating Japan.

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Unofficially, V-J Day Turns 76

While the rest of the globe “officially” celebrate V-J Day on August 14 or 15 (that whole date-line thing), Americans don’t. Everywhere else, the day the Japanese announced their intention to surrender marked the end of the War in the Pacific.

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