The commemorations (not celebrations) of the 75th Anniversary of the surrender of Japan in 1945 was marked today with a number of curtailed (due to Covid-19) events and a much reduced public presence.
The ‘Forgotten Army’ of Viscount Slim is finally beginning to be remembered for their sacrifice.
The photograph bottom left is of my Great Uncle Leo, a Roman Catholic Missionary Priest who was a ‘guest’ of the Japanese during WWII.
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@30pics4jackiesdiamond Top left is Japanese foreign affairs minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri as General Richard K. Sutherland watches on.
Middle left is a photograph of British Troops on the day of the surrender.
Leo contacted me directly in the early 80s after I bought my first car, a Mitsubishi. Sadly, I no longer have the letter.
An interesting Commemorative collage.
We didn't discover until years later, that a girl in our class at Grammar School had been interned in a camp out East. She had never mentioned it.
I recognise the photo and his PoW tag and the Eisenstaedt Times Square photo, where are the others from?
Middle left is a photograph of British Troops on the day of the surrender.
Leo contacted me directly in the early 80s after I bought my first car, a Mitsubishi. Sadly, I no longer have the letter.
We didn't discover until years later, that a girl in our class at Grammar School had been interned in a camp out East. She had never mentioned it.