75 years ago, World War II came to an end

New Jersey Globe ^

[xp38]

These proceedings are closed

The words that ended the second World War by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

[pbear8]

Perhaps they went to my grandfather’s pharmacy :)

[Mears]

Entirely possible.

[Peter W. Kessler]

This is a little out of order; goes back to August, 1945. But it’s one of the most dramatic audio clips of WWII:

http://www.otr.com/vj.html

There are two links. I hope you enjoy both.

[tomkat]

Thanks for that, Pete .. downloaded for part of this evening's entertainment   :-)

[dfwgator]

But it’s one of the most dramatic audio clips of WWII:

I still get the chills listening to Edward R. Murrow's account of Buchenwald.

[tomkat]

.. that background writeup at the OTR link is quite interesting.

[Peter W. Kessler]

Yes. Chills. And seething anger.

There’s a clip of a British reporter describing Bergen Belsen that will give you the same chills. I’ll see if I can find it. Watch this space.

[Peter W. Kessler]

I got a little sidetracked. Here’s the Richard Dimbleby audio describing Bergen-Belsen. It is DISTURBING.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/richard-dimbleby-describes-belsen/zvw7cqt

[magnum force 2]

Thanks Leni for this timely post.

Mary

[MinuteGal]

Thanks for the thanks.

Happy our ping problems apparently are over with. Will email you tomorrow.

Leni