War's end
By Mark Alden Branch ’86
|
7:53am August 13 2020
Saturday is VJ Day, the 75th anniversary of the Japanese surrender that ended World War II. As the wartime version of the Yale Daily News reported, Yale marked the occasion with a day off from classes, “an assembly devoted to prayer and thanksgiving,” and celebrations on the Green and the Old Campus.
The comment period has expired.
|
RECENT COMMENTS
RECENT POSTSARCHIVES
|
Copyright 2015 Yale University. All rights reserved. As of July 1, 2015, the Yale Alumni Magazine operates as a department of Yale University. Earlier print and digital content of the Yale Alumni Magazine was published and copyrighted by Yale Alumni Publications, Inc., and is used under license.