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Today in History: V-E Day
2010-05-07
My father's "V-Mail" message to my grandmother:
Dear Mom & all:

Well today is V-E Day. I'll tell you how we took it here. The boys were playing cards & the C.O. walked in & said "The war's over." Nobody said anything. We just went right on playing. We expected it anytime so nothing wasn't important at all. But the only thing that mattered was that yesterday we were sweating two wars out and now we are sweating one out. Oh yes Mom tell that "hero" cousin of mine & his relations that I have personally taken prisoner more Krauts than he's seen and that includes pictures of Krauts also. Boy guys like him really burn me up. Oh yes I almost forgot I'm with the British 2nd Army. I never seen Hanover but was near there. Air mail to follow. Love, Leo.
Posted by:Mike

#2  Dad and his buddies on Okinawa were pretty bitter about everyone going apesh*t in the states over at V-E day. There was still a lot of dying going on over there on the island.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-05-07 23:48  

#1   V-E Day was a bittersweet one for GIs in Europe (my father among them) who knew they would be transferred to the Pacific Theater of Operations, to take part in the invasion of the Japanese home islands.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2010-05-07 07:15  

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