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Newspaper
Rivers Banner
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 2015
Page
12
Stories collected by Ken Waddell and Kate Jackman-Atkinson reflect on August 15 1945 initial surrender announcement and September 2 1945 formal ceremony aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay marking World War II end.
In 1943 Alfred Newton joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and flew Liberators with 357 Squadron in India and Burma. He describes signing up, seeing Japan weaken, and returning home via England in 1945 with memories of mates lost and a lasting pride in serving Canada.
Dudley Lee of Neepawa recalls being on leave in 1945 when WWII ended in Europe. He flew as an RCAF bomber pilot, later part of Mosquito re deployment to the Pacific before atomic bombs altered the war. Now retired, he runs a poultry business after a career as farmer and machinery dealer.
John Waddell born 1907 joined Canadian forces in 1939 with brothers Jim and Bill. He trained at Shilo then served with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles before hospitalizations and a posting at an Army post office. After the war he attempted to join Japan duties but health blocked him. He moved to Holland Manitoba to farm for nearly four decades until his 1987 death.
The timeline covers April to September 1952 events ending WWII hostilities. It notes Battle of Okinawa casualties and civilian losses, Potsdam Declaration, atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan's surrender, and the formal Treaty of San Francisco ending the war with Allied nations. It also marks dates for V Jon Day declarations and the Nagasaki attack sequence.
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