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
Wing Commander Karun Krishna Majumdar, DFC & Bar
Gunner Sydney Lowe ~ 3 HAA Regt. ~ One of the 'Saigon Battalion'
Subadar Netra Bahadur Thapa - 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
Pte. Gerald Lench ~ 2nd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
Private SX5102 Rex Louis Muller 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Infantry Force
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