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75 years ago, World War II came to an end
New Jersey Globe ^

Posted on 09/02/2020 4:52:26 AM PDT by Java4Jay

Today, September 2, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the day Imperial Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

(Excerpt) Read more at newjerseyglobe.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1945; 19450902; godsgravesglyphs; japan; ussmissouri; worldwareleven; worldwarii; wwii
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To: Java4Jay; SunkenCiv

Warrior blood runs in my veins, because my family was military for several hundred years. As a military wife, I supported two husbands in wartime, was a military mother with two children who served in peacetime, and the grandmother of one who served in Afghanistan.

I’m ashamed of the antics of the children throwing tantrums in cities where they feel they need to break things to get some attention. They all need to be spanked and given some hard labor. That includes the “news”casters.

The Left is nothing but an indulgent distant relative who spoils everything and everyone it touches.

‘Face


61 posted on 09/02/2020 7:43:12 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Don't let the ugly in others kill the beauty in you. ~~ Jordan Moser ~~)
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To: SunkenCiv

Yes, and those were in fact the “greatest generation” folks. Their children were just as bad or worse.


62 posted on 09/02/2020 7:46:53 AM PDT by nwrep
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Whoopsie, his candidacy was in 1948. On the campaign trail he got nailed in the head by some object thrown by a union member.


63 posted on 09/02/2020 7:46:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Monkey Face
Hard labor, yeah, somethin' like that. Pillory. The Stocks. Lashed to a post in the town square and whipped.

64 posted on 09/02/2020 7:48:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: dfwgator

Too true.

“From bondage to spiritual faith,
From spiritual faith to great courage,
From courage to liberty,
From liberty to abundance,
From abundance to selfishness,
From selfishness to complacency,
From complacency to apathy,
From apathy to dependency,
From dependency back again to bondage.” ~ Alexander Fraser Tytler


65 posted on 09/02/2020 7:48:50 AM PDT by null and void (The Left weaponizes everything in the service of tyranny.)
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To: Java4Jay

“Haven’t seen a blip of this on the news today”

I did earlier on Foxnews. They said Trump is supposed to make remarks in NC later today.


66 posted on 09/02/2020 7:54:06 AM PDT by ProudVet97
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To: dfwgator

My dad is still with us at 97.
He went into Europe through Normandy Beach on DDay plus 1.


67 posted on 09/02/2020 7:54:55 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: Palio di Siena

God Bless your Dad.

I visited the American Cemetary in Normandy, I could have spent the entire day there, just reading all the gravestones.


68 posted on 09/02/2020 7:57:08 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SunkenCiv

At the very least, the whip should be applied if there is any sign of slacking.


69 posted on 09/02/2020 7:59:20 AM PDT by Monkey Face ("I'm not buying a 2021 calendar until I see the trailer." ~~ Stolen goods from Covenantor ~~)
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To: null and void

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.


70 posted on 09/02/2020 8:00:49 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nwrep
The greatest generation wasn't all one thing, neither were their kids. FDR was the only President my folks remembered until Truman took over, by which time one of mine had graduated and the other was still in high school. They were Great Depression babies, and tended to hold their noses when they voted for the Demwits.

71 posted on 09/02/2020 8:43:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: dfwgator

It absolutely could have been intended for Stalin. If you think about the precarious situation sending fleet units into Tokyo Bay, you’d want it understood that those units have top cover. The IJN did have Kaiten (mini-subs) & motor-torpedo boats that could have been rigged for suicide runs. They’d been husbanding this type of equipment to repel the expected amphibious invasions. The USN would really need to discourage that thought by throwing “The Big Blue Blanket” over the area. If Stalin’s representatives were on the Missouri to witness the firepower, so much the better.


72 posted on 09/02/2020 8:52:42 AM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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To: Peter W. Kessler; tomkat; A_Former_Democrat; RandFan; Monkey Face; nwrep; Palio di Siena; ...
The video link of the WW2 Japanese surrender signing-ceremony that is posted in # 16 above-thread is not only historical footage, but it's dramatic and emotional as well. It's a gripping event that stirred memories of many in my family, all now deceased, who served in that war.

You can not help but be totally moved watching this video.

A million thanks for posting, Pete.....I've bookmarked it and intend to forward the link to my relatives across the fruited plain whose late family members served so nobly in all military branches...including sending the link to some of my kin in England, where a late 2nd cousin served in the Royal Navy on a battleship in both the Atlantic and Pacific war theaters.

Bless all those who served....we are so proud of you !

Leni

73 posted on 09/02/2020 11:20:10 AM PDT by MinuteGal (MAGA !!! MAGA !!! MAGA !!!)
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To: MinuteGal

Thank you for the ping Leni

WE WILL NEVER FORGET!


74 posted on 09/02/2020 11:37:32 AM PDT by RandFan (3C)
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To: tomkat

I agree


75 posted on 09/02/2020 3:18:41 PM PDT by TexasTransplant ( I am going back to work... permission or not)
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To: strider44

My Dad was and is recorded as Korean War Vet (he was also a WW2 Vet except he was 13 (15 when he was caught) and got sent home) went back to his same Squadron in the Pacific when his Mother signed the papers when he turned 17...
Left to Him ... Bayonets at 2 Paces, lets Do IT! ... for the first 10 years of my life he was all WW2 and it wasn’t until I was in my 20’s that I even knew about what he did in Korea.

My EX Wife was Filipino ... Left up to Her ... Every Japanese gets to Jump off a Jeep and Impale themselves on a Bayonet, held by a Child.

My EX Wife’s Dad and her Grandfather were known for Be-Heading Japanese soldiers and leaving just the head on the trail (The Ex’s Dad didn’t stop when the War was over).
The Chinese were worse but Time allowed them to integrate ... may be awhile before the Japanese can do the same.

The EX’s Father did Far Far Worse ... in my mind he was worse than the Japanese invaders and just as Cruel but being
Muslim he cannot be Judged, for some reason the POS got a pass for his Heinous Crimes and was serving time just for killing Japanese after the WW2 ended
His Family (Kids) DID NOT (especially not his daughters) they did not fare as well ...
His 11 Children (save one) did not even attend nor offer to help to pay for his Funeral


76 posted on 09/02/2020 5:32:02 PM PDT by TexasTransplant ( I am going back to work... permission or not)
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To: MinuteGal

They were getting close to releasing my dad, and thousands of others, from Japanese POW camps. He was shot down, in a B-29, over Tokyo, and was captured.


77 posted on 09/02/2020 7:22:13 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB, NBA & NASCAR! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper!)
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To: Tallguy

I can see that on McCallums show tonight. She ended with a segment on the surrender

My mother hated the Japanese until the day she died


78 posted on 09/02/2020 7:22:31 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (See George Fetanyl's mile-long Rap Sheet . . . TAG PedoJoe with "DEFUND the POLICE")
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To: Rebelbase

I bet those Fn Japs were shakin’ in their shoes


79 posted on 09/02/2020 7:24:27 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (See George Fetanyl's mile-long Rap Sheet . . . TAG PedoJoe with "DEFUND the POLICE")
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To: pbear8

My DIL’s parents both lived in Honolulu on Dec 7,one is still around.

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80 posted on 09/02/2020 7:27:53 PM PDT by Mears
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