GoSkins0721 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 September 2, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the formal surrender of the Japanese. VJ Day marks the end of WWII and the cessation of fighting against Japan. It is called "Victory in Japan Day" or "Victory Over Japan Day". Thank a WWII Vet!! Here's one man's story: "Still, as the U.S. recognizes “Victory over Japan Day,” Price wonders if anyone younger than 70 years of age will much care. “What I’m thinking is: How many people today remember World War II?” he said. “Every ‘B-29er’ held their breath during takeoff with their payload that exceeded what the plane was designed for,” he said. His first mission would be the worst, he recalled. Over Kobe and Osaka, heavy flak would leave 72 holes of various sizes in the airplane. And after dropping its bombs, the plane’s bay doors wouldn’t close, creating a fuel-draining drag that slowed the craft as the plane limped home." http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150902/PC16/150909949/1177/b-29-crewman-recalls-horrors-of-war-relief-of-v-j-day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 My uncle only flew one combat mission over Japan, but it was the one that counted most. http://zeroempty000.blogspot.com/2009/08/interview-with-enola-gay-crew-member.html?m=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSkins0721 Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 Darn it. I meant to post this in the OP. "Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. V-J Day 70th Anniversary Commemoration at the WWII Memorial - DCFor more information about the ceremony or to RSVP, please click here." http://www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/v-j-day-70th-anniversary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Big Chinese parade last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
“Misdirection” Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 My uncle only flew one combat mission over Japan, but it was the one that counted most. http://zeroempty000.blogspot.com/2009/08/interview-with-enola-gay-crew-member.html?m=1 What a read. Thanks for that. Have you ever talked to him about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 My uncle only flew one combat mission over Japan, but it was the one that counted most. http://zeroempty000.blogspot.com/2009/08/interview-with-enola-gay-crew-member.html?m=1 Very cool. I got to meet Floyd Tibbets (sp?) in the 1990s when I lived in Columbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 What a read. Thanks for that. Have you ever talked to him about it? Much to my eternal shame, I never met him. I grew up in MD and stayed on the East Coast, while he lived in Carmel and then (after an earthquake convinced his wife it was time to leave) Las Vegas. The one good chance I had was when I got married in Vegas, but my er... mind was elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 This is the annual thread where Predicto (or mcsluggo) posts the picture of our grandfather. Second from left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 This is the annual thread where Predicto (or mcsluggo) posts the picture of our grandfather. Second from left. Are you and McSluggo related? I did not know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Are you and McSluggo related? I did not know that. Brother and sister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 McSluggo is Predicta's brother. I had no clue. I am so behind on ES backgrounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 With his grandfather being such a proud patriotic American, how did he end up a no-good communist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Brother and sister on paper.... but she looks an awful lot like the plumber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 on paper.... but she looks an awful lot like the plumber I've fooled you for all these years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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