[Jet Jaguar]

Active Duty/Retiree Ping.

[kearnyirish2]

I had an older English co-worker just describing this to me; years after the war was over, she and her siblings would get candy once a week - and the family had to use sugar ration cards to get it.

[allendale]

The carnage between 1914-1945 brought on by the lunacy of the Kaiser and Hitler resulted in Europe’s genetic best being lost forever. VE day is as good as any day to mark the end of the beginning of the destruction of European culture.

[yarddog]

I am not sure Britain ever completely recovered from WWII.

At one time they could have lines of battleships plus cruisers, battle cruisers, carriers, etc.

Now they only have a handful of small ships.

[Mears]

I actually remember the day.

We kids marched up and down the street banging pots and pans.

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[husky ed]

My father had to spend another year stationed in Japan. He did not care for them then and by the time he died in 1990, his views were much the same.

I guess when you see what they do to a person (man, woman,child), it kind of sticks with you.

Ed

[dfwgator]

Watching the VE-Day Parade in Moscow. Very impressive. Russians remember their history.

We are trying to forget ours for the sake of PC.