The anniversary to the end of World War II

NEW YORK (AP) -- Spencer Davis, wearing a shoulder patch reading "Associated Press war correspondent," stood on the teak deck of the sleek gray battleship, one reporter among scores, and wrote the news bulletin announcing the end of the greatest conflict in human history:

"U.S.S. MISSOURI, SUNDAY, SEPT. 2 (AP) - TWO NERVOUS JAPANESE FORMALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SURRENDERED ALL REMNANTS OF THEIR SMASHED EMPIRE TO THE ALLIES TODAY, RESTORING PEACE TO A WAR-BATTERED WORLD."

A good summation. But one paragraph could not say it all, not all that had occurred since another Sunday morning 1,365 days earlier - the day the Pacific War began with Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Bruce Kesler: We Need To Remember VJ Day

Contributed by Bill Faith on September 2, 2006 at 03:08 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: 1st Cav

It's time our leaders are bold enough to let Iran, North Korea, and Syria know the U.S. may just use our nuclear arsenal to stop them.

Posted by: 1st Cav | Sep 2, 2006 2:23:18 PM