Events Marking 80th Commemoration of End of World War II Offer Time for Reflection, Gratitude

Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII will be held at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor on Tuesday, Sept. 2, with 25 WWII Veterans Attending

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Marking 80 years since World War II's end

By PETER WILLIAMS |IT was three long, devastating and cruel months from May 1945 after Germany surrendered to the Allied forces to end World War II in Europe, before Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945. VP Day – Victory in the Pacific – marked the unconditional surrender of Japan after more than three years of war that started with the bombing of Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941. The event is known as VJ Day in the United States and the United…

Events Marking 80th Commemoration of End of World War II Offer Time for Reflection, Gratitude

Access to Ford Island and other areas on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman are usually off limits to the general public, but from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, Hawaii residents had an opportunity to visit the base to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The open base event included ceremonies and activities on Ford Island, at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum and on the Battleship Missouri Memorial. World War II included combatants f…