ITS V-J DAY! 

V-J DAY WAS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAYS IN HISTORY.  GENERAL YOSHIJIRO UMEZU SIGNED THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER DURING A CEREMONY ABOARD THE U.S.S. MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY.  GENERAL DOUGLAS MCARTHUR SIGNED FOR THE USA. THIS ENDED A CONFLICT OF THE WORLDS MOST FORMIDABLE POWERS AND THE MOST WIDESPREAD WAR IN HISTORY, INVOLVING MILLIONS OF MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN.  MILLIONS GAVE THEIR LIVES.

EVERY AMERICAN SACRIFICED IN A WAR ECONOMY. WOMEN WENT TO WORK IN FACTORIES TO REPLACE THE MEN WHO HAD GONE TO WAR.  RATIONING OF TIRES, SUGAR, MEAT, CHEESE AND GASOLINE WAS THE NORM.  NEARLY EVERY FACTORY SWITCHED TO THE MANUFACTURING OF WAR MATERIALS.

TODAY, LET US PAY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE VETERANS OF ALL WARS, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE OF WORLD WAR II.  THEY SAW US THROUGH THE BATTLES SO THAT WE CAN COMMEMORATE V.J. DAY - VICTORY OVER JAPAN 65 YEARS AGO.