VJ Day – My Family Roots And Shoots https://myfamilyrootsandshoots.uk Family, Ancestry and Locations Fri, 15 Aug 2025 20:59:04 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://i0.wp.com/myfamilyrootsandshoots.uk/wp-content/uploads/01WebsiteImages/cropped-globelogo-e1606572245932-1.gif?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 VJ Day – My Family Roots And Shoots https://myfamilyrootsandshoots.uk 32 32 186359057 Remembering VJ Day https://myfamilyrootsandshoots.uk/2025/08/15/remembering-vj-day/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 20:59:04 +0000 https://myfamilyrootsandshoots.uk/?p=16730 I have a distinct recollection of being in bed (aged 4) one morning and still half asleep. It was a lovely day, blue sky and sunny.

My mother bounced into my bedroom full of life and announced that we had dropped an atomic bomb on Japan. At my age, I really had no idea what she was on about, but she was so excited, it must be important.

I think she took a while to explain what was happening, but she must have realised that war in the Far East was fast coming to an end.

The second bomb was dropped a few days later and that decided the outcome. More important and exciting for me was that it was my 5th birthday in six days time!

David Sanderson

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