GC30QZW Traditional Cache August 14th~VJ Day
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Imusttravel2000 @ | Hide Date: 07/23/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 28.191 W103° 56.874 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
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August 14th - Japan surrenders

September 2 - Ceremony and formal signing of surrender

VJ Day marks the end of WWII, and the cessation of fighting against Japan. It is called "Victory In Japan Day or "Victory Over Japan Day".

The confusion over three dates:


There is some confusion over what date is V-J Day. You can consider any (or all) of three dates as V-J Day. President Harry S. Truman caused some of this confusion........


On August 14, 1945, the Japanese government cabled to the U.S. their surrender. This is the date of most modern observances.


On August 15, 1945, news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II.


On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day.

Regardless of which day you view as VJ Day, World War II was finally over.

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Found it 06/22/2019 By mcmwest
Smiley on a trip to Limon

Found it 06/22/2019 By mcmm1
Out caching in the beautiful state of Colorado this weekend. Tftc

Found it 04/06/2019 By chinster
So every year the Jersey Guys set out on a caching adventure. This year we flew out to Denver, CO and drove to 12 states, covered over 3400 miles, grabbed a few of the older caches along with the oldest in MINGO. We had eight days to do it and saw a lot of cool country. Our path took us from Denver to WY, Utah, Idaho, Montana, ND, SD, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missou11061ri and then Kansas, back to Denver. It was a great trip and we found a lot of caches along the way. We thank everyone who placed them, when possible we replaced missing or broken cache containers. The rest of the group posted most of their logs along the way so I hope no one minds this GSAK log. I will go back as needed and supply favorite points as well as any needed photos or answers. Thanks again for all you have done to keep our adventures fun and exciting by supplying and maintaining so many fun hides.

Found it 04/06/2019 By kenvilguy
The Jersey Guys are back on the loose on another spring adventure. This time we are trying to find caches in 12 states in 8 or 9 days. SL/TFTC

Found it 04/06/2019 By Shibawalker

Found with the Jersey Guys on our road trip.
SL TFTC

Found it 07/11/2018 By coralhart
Out with my granddaughter on a hot summer day working on the hidden creature event! Thanks for the hide!

Found it 04/27/2018 By Brewman65
Had a nice visit to Colorado, and found a lot of caches

Found it 04/14/2018 By DeOOpies
From April 12th to June 1th we make a roundtrip with a camper through the west of the United States. Of course to see the country. But also to visit a number of special caches. Our journey begins in Denver. The journey ends in Seattle through a number of National Parks, Los Angeles and San Francisco. As always, the caches on the way brought us to places worth seeing.
Today we went from Watkins to Mingo.
All COs, in this case imusttravel2000, thank you for creating and maintaining your cache. Through your work we have also come to know America in a different way.
Greeting ... DeOopies

Found it 12/03/2017 By Genomac1
Find# 5792
Out with GeoDoc66, and Hack0417 getting some Caches to add to 2017's #'s.
Working on high favorites, Oldest, and one's needed to fill or refill grids. Signed logs GHS and replaced as found. Having
The time of my life. We Met up with Hack0417 who made the drive out to Colorado alone. GeoDoc66 with a short 36 hour visit. With myself making one-way flight out, and
Caching our way back home.Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for all to find. Tft .

Found it 12/03/2017 By geodoc66
Here in Colorado for 36 hours trying to grab as many caches as I can with hack0417 and GenoMac. It is beautiful out here and amazing to see the snow at the tops of some of the mountain peaks. Signed log as GHG. 2216 TFTC