15August 1945 Japan Surrenders

[Parche]

:woohoo: :woohoo: :hi: :patriot:

[rockymountaindem]

1. Happy VJ day!

[Captain Hilts]

2. Go team! Happy V-J Day!

The previous Yorktown:

[Submariner]

3. My last boat survived a hairy Pacific War, before I was born

[Captain Hilts]

7. Sea Robin, fastest boat outta Groton...

Drink my wake!!!!

[Cooley Hurd]

4. USS Yorktown is a museum ship in Charleston, SC now...

...USS Wahoo was lost in October, 1943, yet Bull Halsey is still alive at the age of 126 - go figure!:silly:

Happy VJ Day!:hi:

[Parche]

5. USS Wahoo

I went last year 11Oct for the memorial at Pearl Harbor
a vacation i will never forget

:hi: :patriot:

[Cooley Hurd]

6. PH is on my "bucket list..."

...as is visiting RMS Queen Mary. I'm a maritime history nut...:blush:

[Captain Hilts]

8. I LOVE the photographs Mare Island took of its freshly-minted boats. They're GREAT. nt

[DemoTex]

9. Thank God! My mother and her eight sisters celebrated at Grayton Beach, Fl.

They are all dead now. One of my mother's sisters married a Medal of Honor winner from the Pacific theater, Charles Davis. His Medal of Honor citation:

DAVIS, CHARLES W.

Rank and organization: Major, U.S. Army, 25th Infantry Division. Place and date: Guadalcanal Island, 12 January 1943. Entered service at: Montgomery, Ala. Birth: Gordo, Ala. G.O. No.: 40, 17 July 1943. Citation: For d1stinguishing himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy on Guadalcanal Island. On 12 January 1943, Maj. Davis (then Capt.), executive officer of an infantry battalion, volunteered to carry instructions to the leading companies of his battalion which had been caught in crossfire from Japanese machineguns. With complete disregard for his own safety, he made his way to the trapped units, delivered the instructions, supervised their execution, and remained overnight in this exposed position. On the following day, Maj. Davis again volunteered to lead an assault on the Japanese position which was holding up the advance. When his rifle jammed at its first shot, he drew his pistol and, waving his men on, led the assault over the top of the hill. Electrified by this action, another body of soldiers followed and seized the hill. The capture of this position broke Japanese resistance and the battalion was then able to proceed and secure the corps objective. The courage and leadership displayed by Maj. Davis inspired the entire battalion and unquestionably led to the success of its attack.

[IndianaJones]

10. a great day in our history. I celebrate every year. nt.