Heard Saturday at 1 p.m. on KMJ 580
June 26, 2010: The drive to keep the Spirit of '45 alive. Linda Laurie and
Hometown Heroes listeners on a campaign to set aside the second Sunday in
August as a national day of remembrance for the end of World War II, and the
unified national effort that made it possible. This episode also features audio
from August 14, 1945 (V-J Day), including President Harry S. Truman
addressing the troops.
Hometown Heroes listeners on a campaign to set aside the second Sunday in
August as a national day of remembrance for the end of World War II, and the
unified national effort that made it possible. This episode also features audio
from August 14, 1945 (V-J Day), including President Harry S. Truman
addressing the troops.
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Initially, Edith Shain was reluctant to identify herself as the
nurse being surprised with a sailor's smooch in New York's
Times Square on August 14th, 1945 (V-J Day). In the years
leading up to her death this week at the age of 91, Shain
embraced her accidental celebrity, hoping to use it as a
platform to perpetuate the memory of that day of victory, and
honor those whose service and sacrifice made it possible.
Visit the Spirit of '45 website for more information, including a
tribute to Edith Shain.
nurse being surprised with a sailor's smooch in New York's
Times Square on August 14th, 1945 (V-J Day). In the years
leading up to her death this week at the age of 91, Shain
embraced her accidental celebrity, hoping to use it as a
platform to perpetuate the memory of that day of victory, and
honor those whose service and sacrifice made it possible.
Visit the Spirit of '45 website for more information, including a
tribute to Edith Shain.
