VJ Day
VJ (Victory over Japan) Day was announced on 15 August 1945 bringing the Second World War to an end. The formal surrender had been signed a few weeks earlier on the decks of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September. Image © IWM (EA 75893)
“The War is over…those four words have for the Queen and myself the same significance – simple yet immense – that they have for you. Our hearts are overflowing.”
KING GEORGE VI, 15 AUGUST 1945
Private NX162064 John Hayes Whitworth “Z” Special Force Australian Infantry Force
Lieutenant Colonel William Felix ('Bruno') Brown DSO OBE, Commanding Officer of the Assam Regiment
Rifleman Percy Coleman Atwood, F40870, Royal Rifles of Canada R.C.I.C.
Rifleman Joseph McIsaac, E/30672, Royal Rifles of Canada R.C.I.C.
Rifleman James Richardson Patterson, E/30580, Royal Rifles of Canada R.C.I.C.
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