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Today (15 August) is the 80th anniversary of V-J Day (Victory over Japan), which is the date that the Commonwealth traditionally commemorates this occasion, as this was the day that Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan’s surrender was made. The United States of America uses 2 September 1945 as the date, as that is when the Japanese government signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri. The Canadian signatory to the document was Col Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, an Artillery officer who was awarded the DSO with bar during the First World War and was friends with LCol John McCrae (author of “In Flanders Fields”).
The Pacific theatre has often been overshadowed by the European theatre, so a lot of people are not aware of what the Soldiers, Sailors, and Aviators experienced against a deadly enemy. So take a moment to remember the Soldiers, Sailors, and Aviators who fought and, sadly in many cases died in the Pacific during the Second World War.
The Pacific theatre has often been overshadowed by the European theatre, so a lot of people are not aware of what the Soldiers, Sailors, and Aviators experienced against a deadly enemy. So take a moment to remember the Soldiers, Sailors, and Aviators who fought and, sadly in many cases died in the Pacific during the Second World War.
