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08-15-2005, 07:12 AM
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VJ Day
60 years ago today, World War II ended.
Let's get those flags up. They may have forgotten us, but let's not forgot our buddies that gave everything. chucktoo1926
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08-15-2005, 08:50 AM
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Re: VJ Day
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"I fly this plane for my country, when it stops flying it's not my fault, it's the countrys." CDR Fred "Bear" Vogt. The Last Skipper of VF-33's, F-4's. A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it. -- Author Unknown
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08-15-2005, 10:12 AM
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Not forgotten by me. My grandpa was training people in Europe he says to ship the the Pacific. He said he never had seen such relieved men in his life.
Happy VJ Day!
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08-16-2005, 06:06 AM
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SHawk!
Thanks for the Signalman. That's what my Daddy was in the Pacific in WWII. How cool. The Atomic Bombs got my father out of going on to Japan. Thanks so much to Truman for having the guts to do what was right to save lives! Happy VJ Day to all our WWII Veterans. Job well done! Pack
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08-16-2005, 06:33 AM
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Re: VJ day
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The ship my uncle was on, the USS Horace A. Bass APD-124, left Okinawa on the 14th headed north towards Japan with 3d Fleet units and then the next day Japan surrendered. On the 27th his ship entered Tokyo Bay where they took part in the occupation of the Yokosuka Naval Base, and he was on the prize crew which took possession of the battleship Nagato. From the Nagato, on September 2, he witnessed Japans formal surrender when they signed it on the deck of the USS Missouri. A Sharp Hand Salute for all WW II vets
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506th Infantry "Stands Alone"  It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it. General Robert E. Lee
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08-16-2005, 12:21 PM
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WWII
Aug. 1945 Dad was on supply ship anchored off the island of Cavite in the Philippines. They were told that they would be re-supplying the first waves with ammo. Never cared much for Truman but I always thought that if he didn?t give the order Dad wouldn?t have made it home. Uncle Joe was in an Anti Aircraft unit with the 25th .
God bless them both, God save their souls. Be Well, Andy
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