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Victory over the Empire of Japan (VJ Day) Commemoration - Wichita Veterans Memorial Park
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Victory over the Empire of Japan (VJ Day) Commemoration

  • Newspaper headline: Japan quits, war is over.
  • Patriotic wreath in front of war memorial.
  • Two elderly men standing outdoors, looking down.
  • Man holding cap near a river bridge.
  • Two men in uniform during a ceremony.
  • Man in white shirt holding clipboard outdoors.
  • Elderly man holding plaque outdoors, wearing cap.
  • Two veterans salute at memorial wreath.
  • Man playing trumpet at memorial site.
  • Two men saluting in matching uniforms.
  • Elderly man saluting in Navy cap.
  • Man in uniform saluting outdoors.
  • American Legion Honor Guard with beret detail.
  • Honor guard performing rifle salute outdoors.
Category
2022, Events
About This Project

Known as “Victory over Japan Day,” or simply “VJ Day,” the term is used to refer to September 2, 1945. On that date, the Empire of Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. This ceremony formally ended World War Two. (SOURCE: History.com, V-J Day.)

WVMP held a brief ceremony at the Park’s World War Two Memorial (“Kilroy”) to commemorate the anniversary of this significant date in world history. The ceremony included a chaplain invocation, speaker, gun salute and bugler playing both “The Star Spangled Banner” (National Anthem) and “Taps.”

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