VJ Day in Honolulu in COLOR!

[Blackjack]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HGRzUq67MQ&feature=related

 

[dhermann1]

That's a great video! I was stationed there from 1967 to 69. Being barely 20 at the time, I couldn't grasp what a short time earlier 1945 really was. There was still a lot of WW II Honolulu to be seen in the 60's. I also got to watch them "bomb" Pearl Harbor when they were filming Tora! Tora! Tora!.
Alongside that video are links to films of V J Day in several other cities.
Here is a link to a story from the NY Times about the famous sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square photo. Verrrry interesting.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2...eriphery-an-eyewitness-to-a-timeless-kiss/?hp
The 65 year milestone is kind of interesting, isn't it? WW II is now eligible for Medicare.

 

[Aristaeus]

This is a great video Blackjack, thanks for posting.
Salute to the greatest Generation.

News reel of the surrender ceremony on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcnH_kF1zXc