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V-J Day

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Two letter writers (Aug. 24) took you to task for not recognizing in print V-J Day, which they claim was Aug. 14. I’m surprised you didn’t defend yourselves. You obviously know, as I do, that V-J Day is Sept. 2. On Aug. 14, Japan accepted the Allied surrender terms, but President Truman proclaimed Sept. 2 as V-J Day, the day Japan signed the surrender agreement aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

LAURIE GOFFMAN

Sherman Oaks

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