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09-02-2025, 01:37 PM
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VJ Day 9/2/45...
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the official surrender signing aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay ending the war in the Pacific. I feel it is important to remember these special moments in our history and to honor all the brave men and women who served during World War II.
-wilma 
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09-02-2025, 02:38 PM
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About 15 years ago I had the pleasure of meeting a "plank member," of the USS Missouri who witnessed the signing of the surrender documents firsthand. He still carried his "surrender card," (his term) in his wallet and said outside of pics of his family...it was the most important document in his wallet.
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#5
09-02-2025, 03:04 PM
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My Dad served aboard the USS Manila Bay in the South Pacific arena.
Thanks Dad.
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#6
09-03-2025, 01:50 PM
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My Dad was in the Pacific campaign, I don’t know details, wish I did. I found an Aussie military hat badge in his military stuff.
His dad was in ww1. Carazy. Both generations had to deal w/ both wars.
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09-03-2025, 10:56 PM
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My Dad was also in Pacific theater. 2 landings in the Philippines and a third on Okinawa, was preparing to invade mainland Japan. They were expecting a loss of 1 million allied forces if mainland Japan was invaded.
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#8
09-03-2025, 11:01 PM
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The Greatest Generation for sure. All of them did an incredible job.
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09-03-2025, 11:36 PM
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I’m still not sure why my dad wasn’t overseas. He enlisted right after Pearl Harbor and was mainland until the end of the war. He was training on a B29 when the war ended.
Mom and dad are long gone, so I’ll never know.
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Yesterday, 12:41 AM
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MacArthur speech at the surrender..
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