I'm starting to read a lot of articles about the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II which took place on today's date back in 1945. I decided to find out some more information on it so turned to good old Wikipedia for a quick summary.
V-J day stands for Victory Over Japan Day, but is also called V-P day, Victory in the Pacific (although I have never seen it referred to that way).
It refers to both the actual day the Japanese government surrendered, August 15th in japan and August 14th in the US and September 2, 1945, when the surrender was officially signed on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay
On this date 65 years ago, Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced over Radio Tokyo that Japan had accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration. He then sent a cable to President Truman by way of Switzerland's diplomatic mission in Washington, DC.
THE BIG KISS
This is also the day in which photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt took the famous picture of the sailor kissing the nurse in the Times Square V-J celebration. To this day, we still do not know who the sailor is for sure (although many have claimed to be the guy.
The nurse was Edith Shain, who, unfortunately died at age 91 this past June 20th.
A Great Day in US History. --DaCoot
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