V-J Day is often recalled by the iconic ... Seventy years later, the hot emotions of that day have run cold. Most of the generation that lived the war is gone. For the few elderly survivors ...

Since V-J day ... of one ship a day still clears Hong Kong for Communist ports. The British insist that they scrupulously adhere to the U.N. embargo on shipments of war materials, but their ...

The Royal British Legion (RBL) is urging veterans who served in the Far East during the Second World War to register for a ...

Victory over Japan Day, or VJ Day, is commemorated in the U.S. every September 2. It marks when World War II effectively ended, when Japan surrendered to the Allies. Although Japan's surrender ...

La Mesa resident and U.S. Army veteran Bill Ridenour said he was on a dock landing ship in the fleet gathering to invade Japan when he heard the news that World War II was over. Ridenour and his ...