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	Victory over Japan Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United States, V-J Day is commemorated on August 14 since the news of the surrender broke on that date in the U.S. time zones.
		The Canberra Times of August 14, 1945, clearly states reference to "VP Day" celebrations, and a public holiday for "VP Day" was gazetted by the government in that year according to the Australian War Memorial.
		Nevertheless, the use of "VP Day" is a subject of controversy in Australia and is seen by some as an instance of political correctness.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day (605 words)

	New Zealand in the Second World War: VE / VJ Days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		VJ Day we actually had arrived the night before in Auckland.
		The next day, although the crowds were much smaller, drunken hooligans returned, and the police arrived in numbers to restore civil peace.
		Everywhere it was noted that people in uniform attracted less adoration than in May. New Zealanders were enthusiastic about peace on VJ Day, but by comparison with VE Day, the unity of war had begun to weaken, to be replaced by some of the social conflicts of peace.
	www.nzhistory.net.nz /Gallery/vevj (1076 words)

	VP Day
		VP (Victory in the Pacific) Day, also referred to as VJ (Victory over Japan) Day, is celebrated on 15 August.
		The following day, 15 August, is usually referred to as VP Day.
		It is not true, as some have claimed, that the day was originally called VJ and that the name was surreptitiously changed later.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/vp_day.htm (230 words)

	Veterans angry at plan for 'early' VJ Day - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		In a letter to The Telegraph, Col John Kenyon, the president of the Burma Star Association, accused the Government of choosing the compromise date because VJ Day fell during Parliament's summer recess.
		VJ Day, 15 August, is the 227th day of the year.
		VJ day itself is on Monday 15 August.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=155892 (631 words)

	Richard III Society--Online Library
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	www.r3.org /bookcase/wardrobe/ward9.html (3426 words)

	Richard III Society--Online Library
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	www.r3.org /bookcase/wardrobe/ward8.html (3087 words)

	village voice > news > It's VJ Day for Liberty by Alisa Solomon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		One spring day on her driveway in Dallas, Vickie Johnson was idly shooting some baskets.
		Day after day he returned, sometimes bringing his friends.
		From then on, she says, "I was out to prove I could play—and that I could beat him." She practiced on her own, and one day, short a player for a neighborhood game, Edgar reluctantly gave his little sister a shot.
	www.villagevoice.com /news/0329,solomon,45554,3.html (1053 words)

	An Old Sailor... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		This is the caption on the world-famous photo in Life Magazine's August 27th, 1945, spread on VJ day - when the whole country exploded in celebration of victory over Japan.
		On VJ day he was in San Jose, Calif., and he could prove it.
		The famous photo was not of the VJ day celebrations, as Life and Eisenstaedt purported, but of VE day, and simply pulled from the files for the latter occasion.
	www.georgekoch.com /articles/sailor.htm (717 words)

	Royal Insight > Out and About > VJ Day Commemorations
		The Prince of Wales led national VJ Day commemorations at the Cenotaph, whilst The Duke of Edinburgh attended events in Aberdeen organised by the Burma Star Association of which he is Patron.
		The day began with a procession of veterans from the Burma Star Association carrying 30 standards to the Cenotaph.
		Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram said of the day's events: "This year's commemorative events have enabled us to demonstrate to those who lived through the war at home and abroad that the sacrifices their generation made and the hardships they endured are still acknowledged, valued and appreciated.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page4399.asp (706 words)

	CBBC Newsround \| Guides \| 2005 \| VE Day \| What was VJ day?
		VJ Day was celebrated on 15 August 1945, when the allies marked victory over Japan.
		Since the fighting in Europe was already over, VJ Day was also the end of World War 2.
		Although VJ Day was celebrated on 15 August the Japanese leaders did not officially surrender with a signed document until 2 September, and that date has also been known as VJ Day.
	news.bbc.co.uk /cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4520000/newsid_4523300/4523399.stm (172 words)

	Victory over Japan Day - TheBestLinks.com - VJ Day, August, August 6, August 9, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day, August, August 6, August 9, August 15...
		It was precipitated by the atomic bombs Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August and Fat Man on Nagasaki on 9 August.
		In the United States VJ day is commemorated on August 14 since the announcement of the surrender took place on that date in the US time zones.
	www.thebestlinks.com /VJ_Day.html (311 words)

	VJ Day: The Forgotten War Remembered - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and ...
		When Victory in Europe (VE) Day arrived in May 1945 it signalled the end of the war in Europe, but as thousands of people took to the streets in celebration, many servicemen and their families were preparing themselves for what turned out to be three long months of continued suffering.
		On the day itself, thanks to generous support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the museum will also be open for free to visitors and the BBC’s People’s War team will be on hand to record veteran memories.
		Looking at how, after VJ Day, the British forces were caught up in conflict as nationalist and communist movements vied for power in the Far East, the exhibition examines how during the next 30 years the region saw conflict and warfare as European empires in the region disintegrated.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /nwh/ART29766.html (2388 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Another reason to remember VJ Day - getting married (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Sixty years ago, on VJ Day, Aug 15, 1945, I married my wife Grace, and thankfully, she remains my sweetheart.
		Just before VJ Day, we had been fortunate enough to synchronise the church service, bridesmaids, a hall, catering, and flowers, only to have it all thrown into confusion when 'our' day was suddenly declared a national holiday.
		The occasion was VJ Day celebrations in the little village of Langho near Blackburn, Lancs.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/campaigns/veday/uffvewedding.xml (395 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 15 \| 1945: Allied nations celebrate VJ Day
		After days of rumour and speculation, US President Harry S Truman broke the good news at a press conference at the White House at 1900 yesterday.
		Later, in an address to a crowd that had gathered outside the White House President Truman said: "This is the day we have been waiting for since Pearl Harbor.
		The day coincides with the state opening of Parliament which took on an air of a victory parade.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15/newsid_3581000/3581971.stm (613 words)

	NEWS - Call For VJ Day Veterans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		West Berkshire is marking VJ Day 2005 with a major exhibition at the Museum on the Wharf in Newbury.
		Organisers are looking for people who may be able to loan memorabilia or material to go with the exhibition, veterans to take part in the VJ Day parade on Monday, 15th August, and attend a special reception.
		Ideally, they would be soldiers who had active service in India, Burma or in the Pacific before VJ Day in 1945 and resident in West Berkshire.
	www.clicknewbury.com /zones/news/story/20050615.1719.5.html (249 words)

	VJ Day Sailor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		This in combination with expert photographic analysis is providing compelling evidence that points to George Mendonsa, a native of Newport, Rhode Island as the Kissing Sailor in the famous 1945 Life Magazine photograph that captured the elation and relief of the nation after four years of loss and sacrifice in WWII.
		Using 3D analysis and synthesis of the sailor in the Eisenstadt “VJ Day photo”, the MERL scientists have de-aged George’s 3D shape from today and from 1945 photos of George.
		As a result the Postmaster General presented George with a framed stamp and first cover (envelope with the stamp that was cancelled on the first day of issue in Honolulu, Hawaii, the scene of the start of the war), as well as a letter thanking him for his service.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /museum/vjdaysailor (2384 words)

	Coolstamps product bvi0508-coin-cn-vj-day
		The wording ‘60th Anniversary of VJ - Day 1945’ is in the surround and the value is shown at the base.
		This news however was slightly premature and a few tense days followed until the surrender was confirmed on the 14th August 1945.
		(V-J Day was actually declared on the 15th August 1945.) The USS Missouri entered Tokyo Bay early on the 29th of August 1945 to prepare for the surrender ceremony.
	store.coolstamps.com /endeavor/product/43872.html (244 words)

	VJ DAY: AUG. 14, 1945
		Dowling, 84, recalled in detail the day the Japanese surrender was announced with the thunder of guns on warships anchored off Okinawa.
		At the time the Japanese surrender was announced Siragusa was assigned to a neurosurgical unit at the hospital in a ward with 70 patients, mostly sailors and Marines injured in the South Pacific who had been shipped home for further surgery and recovery.
		With the hospital located just outside New York City and a railway station just across the street, Siragusa said her experience on V-J Day was much different from that of Keliher on distant Tinian Island.
	kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com /news/local/1843112.shtml (1946 words)

	New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz: VJ Day - one to remember (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		It was a sentiment returned by Les Bruce, a 25 Squadron veteran who flew on the VJ Day anniversary pilgrimage.
		Sixty years ago he spent VJ Day doing shore patrols around Wellington making sure sailors did not let their revelry get out of hand.
		She said the first VJ Day celebrations 60 years ago were fired by relief that hostilities were over, and touched by the sadness of loss.
	www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3378743a11,00.html (504 words)

	VJ Day
		For years, officials in Washington and Tokyo had puzzled over how to mark the atom bombing of Hiroshima and end of World War II without stirring the wrath of veterans in Nebraska or nationalists in Nagoya.
		Then the focus should turn to the "global partnership" that diplomats like to talk about as a counterpoint to the constant bickering between the world's two largest economies.
		Like most agreements between Japan and America these days, the details were left a little hazy.
	home.centurytel.net /amlegionlacrosse/vjday.htm (1710 words)

	Celebrate Vj Day 60 Years On (from Guardian Series)
		Those who served during the war will be invited,along with their friends and family, to witness the service and afterwards there will be a picnic in the court grounds.
		With the borough already having marked Victory in Europe day earlier this year, an official commemoration of VJ Day will take place from 11am on Monday, August 15, at the Ilford war memorial in Eastern Avenue.
		During the service, a wreath will be laid to remember those who lost their lives in the war and there on the day will be Redbridge mayor Charles Elliman, local war veterans, army officers, representatives from local faith groups, the Royal British Legion and councillors.
	www.wansteadandwoodfordguardian.co.uk /display.var.619303.0.celebrate_vj_day_60_years_on.php (323 words)

	VJ Day: 60 years later (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		And as he spends the afternoon remembering the day Japan surrendered — 60 years disappears.
		Returning from leave three days late, he was standing before his superior officers, facing serious punishment.
		Hiroshima was hit on Aug. 6 and Nagasaki three days later, on Aug. 9.
	www.vvdailypress.com /2005/11240326501539.html (863 words)

	ipedia.com: Victory in Europe Day Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day) was May 8, 1945, the date when the Allies during the Second World War formally celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Reich.
		On that date, massive celebrations took place, notably in London, where over a million people celebrated in a carnival atmosphere the end of the European war, though rationing of food and clothing was to continue for a number of years.
		The Allies had agreed to mark May 9, 1945 as VE day, but western journalists broke the news of Germany's surrender prematurely, precipitating the earlier celebration.
	www.ipedia.com /victory_in_europe_day.html (291 words)

	WW2 60th Anniversary Commemorations - VJ Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Reverend Roy Day, a Veteran of the Burma Campaign himself, led the Service at noon on the 21st August.
		HRH The Prince of Wales lays a wreath at Cenotaph, to mark the 60th Anniversary of VJ Day.
		VJ Day marks the last official ceremony in a series of events commemorating 60 years from the end of World War 2, the peak of the events having been National Commemoration Day on the 10th July.
	www.mod.uk /aboutus/history/ww2/vj_day.htm (414 words)

	Archives - VE and VJ Day \| Houses of Parliament
		8th May is Victory in Europe Day and on that day in 1945 the people of Great Britain celebrated the ensuing end of the harsh war conditions they had endured since 1939.
		Indeed, that defeat came and celebrations resumed in the summer of 1945 as 15th August was heralded as Victory in Japan Day.
		Although the Japanese administration didn’t officially sign the surrender until early September, VJ Day marked the final end to World War Two and brought with it feelings of hope for future world peace.
	www.parliament.uk /parliamentary_publications_and_archives/parliamentary_archives/archives___ve_and_vj_day.cfm (329 words)

	Tramway - VJ Day 60th Anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Union Jacks and bunting will be going up along the period street at Crich Tramway Village as the award winning Derbyshire attraction goes back to the 1940s in a weekend of celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of VJ Day.
		Three months after victory in Europe (VE) was declared, British Prime Minister Clement Atlee broadcast to the nation on 15 August (VJ Day) confirming that the hostilities in the Far East were ended and World War II was finally over.
		Leaving behind their day jobs and twenty-first century trappings hundreds of enthusiastic 1940s devotees in civilian and military clothing from the era will gather to recreate the scenes of jubilation witnessed at the end of the war.
	www.tramway.co.uk /smx/cms/events-vjday (365 words)

	VJ DAY / MTV whips up its cult of personality, personality, personality in San Francisco
		MTV brought its third annual ``Wanna Be a VJ'' search and a taping of its smash daily afternoon countdown show, ``Total Request Live,'' to San Francisco on Monday.
		Outside under a tent, Sandra Badillo was one of two makeup artists preparing the VJ wannabes for their Polaroids.
		Near the end of the day, a few hours after the last audition, the hopefuls crowded around the makeshift stage overlooking Alcatraz.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/04/12/DD55105.DTL (907 words)

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