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80-G-343652: V-J Day, August 15, 1945

80-G-343652: V-J Day, August 15, 1945. Service personnel of Camp Catlin Fleet Training Center at Oahu, Hawaii, celebrating after the announcement of Japan’s announcement of Japan’s acceptance of the Potsdam surrender terms, 15 August 1945. Shown are four boys who built themselves a siren on top of a radar van and it was a very good voice on the big day. Shown (left to right): RT2 E.A. Bentley; Seaman Second Class H.S. Wilson, and Seaman Second Class C.P. Russell. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/5/22).
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Caption: 80-G-343652: V-J Day, August 15, 1945. Service personnel of Camp Catlin Fleet Training Center at Oahu, Hawaii, celebrating after the announcement of Japan’s announcement of Japan’s acceptance of the Potsdam surrender terms, 15 August 1945. Shown are four boys who built themselves a siren on top of a radar van and it was a very good voice on the big day. Shown (left to right): RT2 E.A. Bentley; Seaman Second Class H.S. Wilson, and Seaman Second Class C.P. Russell. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/5/22).
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