Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945
You see, you don’t have to drop bombs to make peace.
Wait…what?
My dad wouldn’t buy any Jap Crap or have it in his house.
My two eldest children have just returned last Wednesday on an an ambassadorship to Japan through our township. This is not what their people think. We have also hosted students from Japan. This is wrong.
Look to China that is spreading this.
i was ops officer on the new jersey after the reagan re-commission in the 80s
we were on the opposite side of the pier from the missouri in long beach ca
there was a rivalry that persisted between the two ships because the new jersey (halsey’s flagship during ww2) did the fighting while the “mighty mo” got the glory
the new jersey had expected to be selected for the treaty signing, but the missouri was chosen by the president at the time who was from that state
the conflict / competition persisted until the decom
we should bring back these beautiful beasts
Life was a lot more clear cut when nation states waged war. When widely scattered religious ideologues living within every nation wage war things get more muddled. Especially when they convince their host governments that it is criminal to profile them.
But enough of today’s stupidity. We owe all of those sailors and marines a debt we can never repay. So much blood was spilled to beat the nips.
I am heading back to the USMC museum in quantico next weekend. An awesome place. I’ve been once and only got through a quarter of it, at best.
PHenry – I have a tendency to visit such places alone.
@Am I right?, my dad was the same way, and me too back then. Now I’m happy to find something with the made in Japan label, we taught them how to make good stuff; Well, maybe not the nuclear reactor, but stuff you can buy in a store.
@perspective, thanks for the ship list. I had no idea I had walked the decks of an active duty ship, submarine tender USS Proteus AS- 19, that had been in Tokyo Bay during the signing of the surrender documents. I was crew on a submarine that was serviced by the Proteus during refit period between submarine patrols out of Guam in the late 1970s. If I was ever told the Proteus was there I had forgotten it.
Gunny, I’m pretty sure I know why you do so. I have the same preference.
A fine day on Tokyo Bay.
http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/a/allied-ships-present-in-tokyo-bay.html
Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945
You see, you don’t have to drop bombs to make peace.
Wait…what?
My dad wouldn’t buy any Jap Crap or have it in his house.
My two eldest children have just returned last Wednesday on an an ambassadorship to Japan through our township. This is not what their people think. We have also hosted students from Japan. This is wrong.
Look to China that is spreading this.
i was ops officer on the new jersey after the reagan re-commission in the 80s
we were on the opposite side of the pier from the missouri in long beach ca
there was a rivalry that persisted between the two ships because the new jersey (halsey’s flagship during ww2) did the fighting while the “mighty mo” got the glory
the new jersey had expected to be selected for the treaty signing, but the missouri was chosen by the president at the time who was from that state
the conflict / competition persisted until the decom
we should bring back these beautiful beasts
Life was a lot more clear cut when nation states waged war. When widely scattered religious ideologues living within every nation wage war things get more muddled. Especially when they convince their host governments that it is criminal to profile them.
But enough of today’s stupidity. We owe all of those sailors and marines a debt we can never repay. So much blood was spilled to beat the nips.
I am heading back to the USMC museum in quantico next weekend. An awesome place. I’ve been once and only got through a quarter of it, at best.
PHenry – I have a tendency to visit such places alone.
@Am I right?, my dad was the same way, and me too back then. Now I’m happy to find something with the made in Japan label, we taught them how to make good stuff; Well, maybe not the nuclear reactor, but stuff you can buy in a store.
@perspective, thanks for the ship list. I had no idea I had walked the decks of an active duty ship, submarine tender USS Proteus AS- 19, that had been in Tokyo Bay during the signing of the surrender documents. I was crew on a submarine that was serviced by the Proteus during refit period between submarine patrols out of Guam in the late 1970s. If I was ever told the Proteus was there I had forgotten it.
Gunny, I’m pretty sure I know why you do so. I have the same preference.