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VE Day
LA Times | May 8, 1945 | Paper

Posted on 05/08/2009 1:07:40 PM PDT by ex-snook



TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: veday; veterans
I was sitting on the Austrian border awaiting to maybe go to the Pacific. Thank you President Truman for the trip home.
1 posted on 05/08/2009 1:07:40 PM PDT by ex-snook
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To: ex-snook

They sure don’t make Dems like Give’em hell Harry any more.


2 posted on 05/08/2009 1:12:43 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: ex-snook

Jon Stewart says Truman was a “war criminal” because you didn’t go to Japan and die.

Instead, Truman committed the “crime” of authorizing The Army to drop the A-bomb on Japan.

Thanks for your service.

Go Army (Artillery)!!!


3 posted on 05/08/2009 1:13:59 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: ex-snook

I have recordings of the uncut broadcasts of NBC Radio’s programming for that day; also for the D-Day landings and VJ Day. Absolutely fascinating to listen to.


4 posted on 05/08/2009 1:14:32 PM PDT by 6323cd
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I've sent you a private reply about your recordings.

The Internet Archive has a large amount of WWII material available for listening online at this link. It's a fascinating way to while away the hours.

5 posted on 05/08/2009 1:20:43 PM PDT by TonyInOhio (The Second Amendment is the guarantor of the First Amendment.)
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To: ex-snook
Thank you for your service. It is hard to think of all of those men/boys that never had the chance to see the America that emerged over the next 60 years 1945 to 2005 - what a glorious time it was.
6 posted on 05/08/2009 1:24:12 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: TonyInOhio

How neat, thanks!


7 posted on 05/08/2009 1:26:47 PM PDT by 6323cd
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To: ex-snook

I was in Time Square NYC, in the crowd celebrating and listening to “Roger Young” and There’s a Star Spangled Banner Waving Some Where” being played over the speakers by the miniature Statue of Liberty that was on the square, (it was actually on the triangle.) I was 5 yrs old and that memory never left me. A couple of months later when the Empire of Japan surrendered my whole Brooklyn neighborhood went wild with celebrations.


8 posted on 05/08/2009 1:27:40 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (tagline under renovation, will return soon.)
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To: ex-snook
My Dad, still living thank God, just had me do a little write up of some of his experiences in Dachau and Munich with the Thunderbirds (45th Infantry Division). The death camps like Dachau were still running all the way until Allied Troops breached the gates. A lot of the prisoners were so starved and weak that they still died after liberation in spite of medical attention.

As for the other half of the war, my Dad KNOWS that his Division was on the fast track for rebuilding and resupply in the US before going to Japan. It is my guess that neither my brother or myself would be here if that invasion had taken place and Japan would have been decimated and made a desert of destruction.

9 posted on 05/08/2009 2:15:47 PM PDT by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
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To: ex-snook

It was victory for half of Europe, the other half just traded one tyranny for another.


10 posted on 05/08/2009 2:19:28 PM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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So good to “see” you ex-snook. Hugs and Happy VE Day, we’re so glad you came home and became a FRiend.


11 posted on 05/08/2009 2:55:13 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Looking for our Sam Adams)
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To: mnehring

May 8 was also Harry Truman’s birthday.


12 posted on 05/08/2009 6:05:02 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: ex-snook

Update 5-8-2012. Salutes to any of you old buddies still freeping or lurking.


13 posted on 05/08/2012 12:16:06 PM PDT by ex-snook ("above all things, truth beareth away the victory")
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