Show VJ V J DAY 1 0 0 0 VJ V J DAY 2 PEACE IN OUR DAY august 14 1946 the world looked back on a year of freedom from global war it has been a critical and dramatic year in many senses more critical and dramatic than the horrendous years that preceded it the united states together with other nations has spent the past twelve months struggling to set its feet back on the highway to peace and security it cannot engage in this struggle without the deeply etched reminiscences of the dark and bloody times that were encompassed by pearl harbor and okinawa irp cwm 4 q au AD F V W r P aa w 01 MA 4 g V THERE WAS MORTAR FIRE on the black beaches silent monuments to american valor and sacrifice on of iwo jima and death for the marine left his face the white beaches of the united states the sailor soldier plunged deep into the volcanic sand this august 1945 or veteran can peer into the glow of his outdoor hearth iwo and many of its grim sister islands of the pacific are right remembering but alive and at home again off icid U S anvy photos additional pictures on pages 4 and 5 |