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	Victory over Japan Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Victory over Japan Day or V-J Day is the celebration of the August 15, 1945 Surrender of Japan and the end of World War II.
		In Japan, the day is known as, Shusen-kinenbi, which literally means the "Memorial day for the end of the war".
		This is commemorated as Liberation Day in nations such as Korea, partly due to participation of her exiles in War against Japan over 40 years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day (773 words)

	VikingPhoenix.com V-J Day (Victory over Japan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Fortunately, most views of V-J Day express patriotism, joy and pride and relief that fighting men and their families and their nation survived a terrible war filled with horror and still turned out to be decent human beings.
		Japan's V-J Day surrender on August 14, 1945 also ended heinous medical experiments and the development of germ and chemical warfare weapons to be used against the United States and its allies.
		Victory over Japan was necessary for United States survival after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
	vikingphoenix.com /Holidays/V-J_Day.htm (1336 words)

	VP Day
		VP (Victory in the Pacific) Day, also referred to as VJ (Victory over Japan) Day, is celebrated on 15 August.
		This date commemorates Japan’s acceptance of the Allied demand for unconditional surrender 14 August 1945.
		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)

	Talk:Victory over Japan Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Of course VJ stands for Victory over Japan, but in the US at least, it's nearly universally called "V-J Day", and was from the beginning.
		It is not yet the day for the formal proclamation of the end of the war nor of the cessation of hostilities.
		In Europe (or the Netherlands at least) it is sometimes called VJ day, but usually we speak of the surrender of Japan or the end of WW II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Victory_over_Japan_Day (542 words)

	The History of VJ Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The day marks the end of the Sino-Japanese War, the Pacific War with the U.S., and other military conflicts in Asia.
		At noon Japan standard time on that day, Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam Declaration was broadcast to the Japanese people via radio.
		In Australia, the name V-P day was used apparently from the outset.
	www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0605/news/vjday (309 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 15 \| 1945: Allied nations celebrate VJ Day
		The day coincides with the state opening of Parliament which took on an air of a victory parade.
		Historic buildings all over London are floodlit and throngs of people have crowded onto the streets of every town and city shouting, singing, dancing, lighting bonfires and letting off fireworks.
		The Allies celebrated victory over Japan on 15 August 1945, although the Japanese administration under General Koiso Kuniaki did not officially surrender with a signed document until 2 September.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15/newsid_3581000/3581971.stm (605 words)

	Victory over Japan Day
		After six years in Japan, I found none of this surprising: Japan's gyrations to avoid real discussion of its responsibility for the deaths of 20 million people is the stuff of innumerable stories for foreign correspondents.
		They asked to borrow the eerie artifacts from the city's famed A-bomb museum: the stone steps of a bank building forever imprinted with the shadow of the poor soul who was sitting there at the moment of detonation, the watches that stopped as the atomic flash froze the moment of horror.
		By the time I left Japan last summer, I saw a glimmer of hope that despite the Government's best efforts, Yoshimi and a band of rebels like him were beginning to score broader victories.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/Victory_over_Japan_Day.htm (1710 words)

	NZDF - August (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Japan had surrendered to the Allies after almost six years of war and on 2 September 1945 Japanese officials signed the act of unconditional surrender in the presence of 50 Allied generals on board USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
		Like VE Day there were parades, a national ceremony, local celebrations around the country, beer flowed and there were dancing in the streets.
		Victory over Japan (VJ) Day 15 August 2005 marked the 60 years since the Allies announced the surrender of Japanese forces during World War II.
	www.nzdf.mil.nz /news/did-you-know/aug.htm (389 words)

	VJ Day - Auckland Museum New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		At noon, Japan standard time, nine days after the Allies released the first atomic bomb onto Hiroshima, Emperor Hirohito addressed the Japanese public via radio to announce the unconditional surrender of the Japanese millitary.
		Earlier that same day, the Japanese government advised the Allies of the surrender by sending a cable to United States President Harry S Truman via the Swiss Diplomatic Mission in Washington.
		The VJ Day display in the Scars on the Heart - World War II Hall of Memories - includes a facsimile copy of the Japanese surrender document, 2 September, 1945, presented to the Museum by Air Vice-Marshal Sir Leonard Isitt who signed the Japanese surrender document on behalf of New Zealand.
	www.aucklandmuseum.com /?t=749 (422 words)

	R.I. celebrates WWII's end with holiday some call discriminatory - Boston.com
		It is the last state to continue celebrating Victory Day, established by President Harry Truman in a 1946 proclamation.
		The holiday is commonly referred to as Victory over Japan Day, or V-J Day, because of its association with the Japanese surrender.
		In 1990, the General Assembly passed a resolution stating that Victory Day is not a day to express satisfaction in the destruction and death at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where atomic bombs were dropped.
	www.boston.com /news/local/rhode_island/articles/2006/08/11/ri_celebrates_wwiis_end_with_holiday_some_call_discriminatory?mode=PF (839 words)

	Victory Over Japan Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This is the day that victory over Japan was celebrated by the Allies.
		It is the date that people still celebrate Victory Of Japan Day.
		However, the Japanese did not actually sign the surrender document till 2 September 1945, aboard the USS Missouri.
	www.paralumun.com /warworldwartwovjday.htm (43 words)

	Holidays and Festivals - Walpurgis to World
		It is the shortest day of the year, but also the point at which the days will begin to lengthen again.
		Remembrance Day also commemorates the end of World War II and is a public holiday in Canada, and in Bermuda, where it also honors the dead of these wars with military parades and memorial ceremonies.
		In France, Armistice Day is observed on this day.
	www.shagtown.com /days/w.html (623 words)

	Times Community Newspapers - VJ Day: The continuing legacy
		But as they speak of their roles in defeating Japan and ending a World War 60 years ago, the jut of the jaw, the misty eye and a quiver in the voice convey the fact that, while old soldiers may fade away, their pride and patriotism remain undimmed.
		Japan was the last Axis power to fall, and when news of its surrender broke on Aug. 14, 1945 (U.S. time), the euphoria was felt worldwide.
		Over more than 50 hours, the men struggled in shark-infested waters before they were rescued.
	www.timescommunity.com /site/tab2.cfm?newsid=15006947&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506066&rfi=6 (3307 words)

	American Renaissance News: V-J Day Revelry Persists in R.I.
		Moreover, the hair-rending over Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the politically-correct ignores the historical context of the decision to use the atomic bomb.
		Casting aside the victory over Japan is the worse case of racism imaginable because it buries all the victims of their crimes forever under the carpet of history.
		After V-J Day, the US Occupation authorities tried to encourage the development of Japanese labor unions, to offset the power of the old Zaibatsu, or industrial combines (which had been only somewhat broken up) but withdrew support after discovering that the unions in Japan were not liberal, but just plain red.
	www.amren.com /mtnews/archives/2006/08/vj_day_revelry.php (10086 words)

	"Radio Days - VJ Day"
		Because Japan was not forthcoming, Truman decided to drop the bomb (Japan was unaware of this power).
		When the Japanese were still debating what to do, the United States, hearing nothing from Japan, dropped a second atom bomb on August 9th over the city of Nagasaki.
		The previous day had brought a lot of false VJ Day reports prompted partly by the hesitation of the Japanese.
	www.otr.com /vj.html (709 words)

	V-J Day was just the beginning \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Today marks the 60th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, or V-J Day, when the last Axis power surrendered after its cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastated by atomic bombs.
		In a sense, he said, America's win in Europe – known as Victory in Europe Day, or V-E Day – was as part of an ensemble cast.
		Americans would rather not recognize V-J Day because it means remembering the dropping of the bombs, the internment of Japanese-Americans, who were forced to relocate and had their possessions taken from them.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050815/news_1m15vjday.html (974 words)

	VJ Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In a memorial ceremony in Japan, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologised for the past.
		On the day’s events the wartime sweetheart said: "I think it’s great that there is this special day.
		And in Southampton the city’s mayor Edwina Cooke sounded the whistle of Cunard’s flagship Queen Mary 2, 60 years to the day it was blown to let the people of Southampton know the war was finally over.
	www.flagsociety.org.au /VJ-Day.htm (770 words)

	victory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Japan has surrendered unconditionally," the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Aug. 15, 1945, "and Allied forces on land and sea and in the air have been ordered to cease firing."
		Victory over Japan Day had arrived, but only after years of struggle.
		Supreme Allied Commander and General of the Army Douglas MacArthur presided aboard the battleship USS Missouri as Japan's foreign minister, the commander of Japanese forces and nine Allied officers signed the Instrument of Surrender.
	www.army.mil /soldiers/sep95/p50.html (366 words)

	V-J Day today, but forgotten to all but a few - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		V-J Day is Victory over Japan Day, which was Aug. 15, 1945, marking the end of fighting in Japan and the end of World War II.
		This year's V-J Day is the 60th anniversary of the end of the war, and some South Sounders said neither the day nor Pacific theater veterans get enough recognition.
		The day is sometimes commemorated in the United States on Aug. 14 because the news of surrender broke on that date in U.S. time zones.
	www.theolympian.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050815/NEWS/888 (1305 words)

	R.I. Last State Still Marking V-J Day, Only Rhode Island Still Celebrates WWII's End With V-J Day, a Holiday ...
		It was Aug. 14, 1945 _ the day Americans learned that Japan had surrendered, ending the costliest conflict in human history.
		However, the General Assembly passed a 1990 resolution stating that Victory Day is not a day to express satisfaction in the destruction and death caused by nuclear bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
		If the holiday can't be eliminated, she hopes it can at least be celebrated under a new name because of Victory Day's implicit reference to the victory over Japan.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/08/13/ap/national/mainD8JFMSRG0.shtml (773 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		V-J Day (with V-J denoting "Victory over Japan" or "Victory in Japan") is the day that the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allied forces, effectively ending World War II.
		World War II August 14 1945 Japan's surrender made public On this day in 1945, an official announcement of Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allies is made public to the Japanese people.
		V-J Day, or Victory over Japan Day, marks Aug. 15, 1945, the day Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's acceptance of the terms of unconditional surrender.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=vjday (2092 words)

	Dec. 7 - V-J Day on your calendar? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		V-J Day means, Victory over Japan Day, after Japan capitulated in August 1945 and formally surrendered Sept. 2, 1945.
		Remembrance of V-J Day is suppressed in the United States, especially in public schools, because it does not meet the current standards of political correctness dictated by radical historical revisionists.
		V-J Day should be remembered as the outcome of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
	vikingphoenix.com /Holidays/vjday_calendar.htm (315 words)

	Mike's America
		Yet, she was without pretense and as honest as the day is long.
		Newt Gingrich, the architect of the 1994 victory has a new 11 point plan for victory in 2006.
		The secret to conservative victories in past elections is the ability to get our people registered and make sure they vote on election day and that their vote is counted and that efforts are made to eliminate fraud in the electoral process.
	mikesamerica.blogspot.com (9698 words)

	The Hudson Reporter - Painted illegally when he was 13Local boy, now a man, returns to impromptu V-J Day mural on ...
		The day is known as V-J (Victory over Japan) Day.
		In Jersey City, there is a visible reminder of the day that may not be known to everyone.
		It has gotten new paint jobs over the years when additions were made to remember those who fought and died in the Korean War and in the Vietnam War.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=1291&dept_id=523586&newsid=15032059&PAG=461&rfi=9 (883 words)

	V-J Day (Perpetual Multicultural Calendar Software)
		With the surrender of its most important ally Germany, the threat of invasion by Soviet Union troops from the north, and still reeling from the destruction caused by atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945), and Nagasaki (August 9), Japan saw its hope of victory in World War II dwindle.
		On August 14, 1945, Japan announced its surrender to the Allies.
		In the United States, V-J Day is an official state holiday in Rhode Island.
	www.calendarmine.com /Holidays/American_VJDay.asp (215 words)

	Local residents recall V-J Day celebrations
		At noon in Japan that day, Emperor Hirohito announced over the radio that Japan had accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration.
		Earlier the same day, the Japanese government advised the Allies of the surrender by sending a cable to President Truman through the Swiss diplomatic mission in Washington.
		Since Japan was the last Axis Power to surrender -- V-J Day followed Victory in Europe Day, or V-E Day, by three months -- the day marked the end of World War II.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/236575_homefront15.html (644 words)

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