The Japanese surrendered 70 years ago today

chrisinhouston · 08-14-2015, 09:19 PM

I heard it in a story on NPR today and thought of my parents who met as a result of that war. Dad was in British Intelegence MI-5 and my mother was in Detachment 101 of the OSS, America's precursor to the CIA. They had met in Ceylon and later dated in Chungking, China were dad later proposed to her. She had already left for home when the surrender was announced. Dad said a lot of the officers of the various allied staff in Chunking met and all got drunk.

In memory of that time I post these from my archive of old family pictures.

My mom at her desk at OSS HQ.
Mom and Dad
Mom on a ferry next to a classic WWII jeep

08-14-2015, 09:19 PM	#1
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	The Japanese surrendered 70 years ago today I heard it in a story on NPR today and thought of my parents who met as a result of that war. Dad was in British Intelegence MI-5 and my mother was in Detachment 101 of the OSS, America's precursor to the CIA. They had met in Ceylon and later dated in Chungking, China were dad later proposed to her. She had already left for home when the surrender was announced. Dad said a lot of the officers of the various allied staff in Chunking met and all got drunk. In memory of that time I post these from my archive of old family pictures. My mom at her desk at OSS HQ. Mom and Dad Mom on a ferry next to a classic WWII jeep Attached Images

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