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Robert/Texas · 09-02-2022, 11:47 AM

How many here can remember V-J day, 9/12/1945. I don't remember it as well as I do V-E day, cannon fire over Lake Hopatcong, NJ.

Lawson Cox · 09-02-2022, 11:59 AM

I remember the event well, I had just forgotten that today is the anniversary of the day it occurred. The USA and its allies won an amazing victory. Could we ever do it again????. Lets hope we never have to attempt it again.

woodiewagon46 · 09-02-2022, 12:10 PM

Lawson, I'm not old enough to remember it, but I'm a WWII historian. NO, we could never gear up and build the thousands of materials required in a war. Just think of Ford, GM, Chrysler and all the other smaller companies that just shut down their production line and started manufacturing for the war effort. We simply do not have the capabilities of producing what it took to win WWII in this country any longer, sad.

bobH · 09-02-2022, 12:34 PM

I remember it well.... One heck of a neighborhood party at my parents house.

Pech33 · 09-02-2022, 09:34 PM

I wasn’t born for 2 + years but my Dad did. He was a First Looie at Camp Roberts, CA with the 20th Armored Division (just returned from Europe) and on their way to the invasion of Japan. Lucky for me, the war was over and my brother wasn’t an only child! I saw the battleship Missouri many times while it was in Bremerton, WA. The armistice was signed on her decks in Tokyo Harbor.

If we get into it with China, we will both fire all we have at each other and you should hope for a direct hit, radiation sickness is not on my prescription list!

highbeams · 09-03-2022, 12:32 AM

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b 3/6/47, but I view and read anything on "WW2, the big one" (Archie Bunker quote)

as well as WW1.

FDR & Churchill, what would the history books look like without their leadership.(The 12/8/41 FDR speech I never tire of, (using his nodding head for exclamation points.)

The Japanese were right in their assumption; to wit, We have awakened a sleeping giant."

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tubman · 09-03-2022, 02:49 AM

Actually, I believe the "big one" quote came from Herbert T. Gillis (Dobie's dad), played by veteran character actor Frank Faylen.

09-02-2022, 11:47 AM	#1
Robert/Texas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Burton, Texas Posts: 681	V-J Day How many here can remember V-J day, 9/12/1945. I don't remember it as well as I do V-E day, cannon fire over Lake Hopatcong, NJ.

09-02-2022, 11:59 AM	#2
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: V-J Day I remember the event well, I had just forgotten that today is the anniversary of the day it occurred. The USA and its allies won an amazing victory. Could we ever do it again????. Lets hope we never have to attempt it again. __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

09-02-2022, 12:10 PM	#3
woodiewagon46 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Long Island,NY Posts: 1,555	Re: V-J Day Lawson, I'm not old enough to remember it, but I'm a WWII historian. NO, we could never gear up and build the thousands of materials required in a war. Just think of Ford, GM, Chrysler and all the other smaller companies that just shut down their production line and started manufacturing for the war effort. We simply do not have the capabilities of producing what it took to win WWII in this country any longer, sad.

09-02-2022, 12:34 PM	#4
bobH Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: so cal, placerville, vegas Posts: 1,394	Re: V-J Day I remember it well.... One heck of a neighborhood party at my parents house.

09-02-2022, 09:34 PM	#5
Pech33 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: Mukilteo, WA; Rio Verde, AZ Posts: 163	Re: V-J Day I wasn’t born for 2 + years but my Dad did. He was a First Looie at Camp Roberts, CA with the 20th Armored Division (just returned from Europe) and on their way to the invasion of Japan. Lucky for me, the war was over and my brother wasn’t an only child! I saw the battleship Missouri many times while it was in Bremerton, WA. The armistice was signed on her decks in Tokyo Harbor. If we get into it with China, we will both fire all we have at each other and you should hope for a direct hit, radiation sickness is not on my prescription list!

09-03-2022, 12:32 AM	#6
highbeams Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: California Posts: 802	Re: V-J Day Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) b 3/6/47, but I view and read anything on "WW2, the big one" (Archie Bunker quote) as well as WW1. FDR & Churchill, what would the history books look like without their leadership.(The 12/8/41 FDR speech I never tire of, (using his nodding head for exclamation points.) The Japanese were right in their assumption; to wit, We have awakened a sleeping giant." *** Last edited by highbeams; 09-03-2022 at 12:47 PM.

09-03-2022, 02:49 AM	#7
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 10,320	Re: V-J Day Actually, I believe the "big one" quote came from Herbert T. Gillis (Dobie's dad), played by veteran character actor Frank Faylen. Last edited by tubman; 09-03-2022 at 10:59 AM.