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| August 14, 1945. Times Square, NY. |
We thought all along that V-J meant 'Victory, Joe' that Filipinos used to hail the American soldiers marching into towns and cities with chocolates and cigarettes at the end of the Japanese regime in the country.
In America, V-J is Victory over Japan, and V-J Day is marked on August 14, the day they received word that Japan has surrendered and the war has ended. The date was actually August 15, 1945 in this part of the globe, and time differences made it a day earlier in America. Officially, the end of the war would come later on September 2, 1945 when the formal surrender was signed.
On the other hand, Victory in Europe of the Allied Forces or V-E Day was May 8, 1945.
The bloody liberation of Manila took one month and ended on March 3, 1945 with so many innocent lives lost and the city left in ruins. Do we commemorate a V-P or Victory in the Philippines Day in the Philippines?
The front page story of Montgomery Adviser features the iconic picture taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt of an American sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, New York City during victory celebrations on August 14, 1945. The story can be retrieved from http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100814/NEWS01/8140317/65+years+later++local+veterans+recall+V-J+Day
VJ DAY Front Pagers on August 15, 2010 (Hyperlinks to articles at the bottom of the pictures):
VJ DAY Front Pagers on August 15, 2010 (Hyperlinks to articles at the bottom of the pictures):
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