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V-J Day commemoration sign

2004-189
Accession Number
2004-189
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Color
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350375088
Keywords
Signs and signboards
Veterans
World War, 1939-1945
HST Keywords
Japan - Surrender - Ref. to; Ohio - Northfield; Signs - V-J Day Remembered; Victory in Japan; World War II - General File - V-J Day
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Credit:
Leonard J. Griffin

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

Leonard J. Griffin, who was in a Naval Amphibious Communication Unit in the Guam campaign in World War II, stands beside a sign which he made and displayed in his front yard in Northfield, Ohio, during the weekend of September 2, 1995, for the 50th anniversary of the Japanese signing of their surrender. The sign reads "V J Day Remembered Thank You Pres. Truman Rest in Peace."

Date(s)
September 2, 1995