Posted on 08/17/2015 1:32:23 PM PDT by SandRat
SIERRA VISTA — Conducted in coordination with similar ceremonies held around the world, local military and civilian officials, state agency representatives, and the friends and families of veterans of World War II gathered at Southern Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery on Sunday to honor those who served in the last world conflict.
Taking place within days of the 70th anniversary of the Japanese announcement of its surrender and the end of the war, the ceremony was an opportunity to continue to recognize and honor the millions of men and women who served at home and abroad during World War II, said Maj. Gen. Scott Berrier, commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca.
“From farms, factories, schools and offices, America’s sons and daughters became soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, Coast Guards and Merchant Marines. Devoted grandmothers, grandfathers, mothers and daughters worked in factories and warehouses to keep industries pumping and joined auxiliary services,” Berrier said.
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Nice to hear.
Wow, oops, this date has sure slipped up on me.
Thanks much for the reminder!
0bama would of made the ceremony but he was too busy golfing.
I always thought V-J Day was in September.
The Calendar I have from the VFW listsit as
Aih 14.
May God bless these men and all of our brave fighting men — past and present.
ø should just stay out of it. Who wants that islamist nazi raining on their parade?
Glad Barry wasn’t there. He would of stunk up a good event & left a malodorous stench that would linger. Let him golf! When he’s doing that; he’s leaving the rest of us alone.
The war in the Pacific came to an end aboard the battleship U.S.S. Missouri docked in Tokyo Bay on Sept.2,1945.
“I’m always worried about using the word ‘victory,’
because, you know, it invokes this notion of Emperor
Hirohito coming down and signing a surrender to
MacArthur.”
— Obama, ABC News Interview
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