VE DAY

And so it was Victory in Europe day. When the sirens sounded they drank champagne in Paris and threw ticker tape in New-York and fired cannons in Moscow.

And the men who speak for the radio and write for the newspapers spoke of the glorious drive across France, the victorious battle of Germany and the heroic assault deep into the heart of the enemy.

And those were fine words.

But the men who had fought the war - and won - said none of them. The men who had fought the war remembered ... remembered hill 609 in Tunisia, remembered Casino in Italy, remembered St. Lo and the Huettgen forest and all the streams and hills and valleys before and after, remembered the Purple hearts and the little white crosses and realized that there were no glorious drives or heroic assaults.

They knew that there were no words to say what it had been and what it might still be in say Hongkong, say Tokio, say Manchuria.

There were no victory booms, or ticker tape or champagne in the Pacific.

But the men who had fought the war ... and won ... were not joyous. They were silent and humble ... remembering ...

Johann. They were silent and huddle ... remembering ...

But the men who had thought the war ... and won ... were not

the Pacific.

There were no victory poems, or ticker tape or emblems in courts.

And what it might still be in say Hongkong, say Tokyo, say Man-
They knew that there were no words to say what it had been

heroic sentences.

White crosses and realized that there were no glorious drives or
before and after, remembered the little hearts and the little
and the Hunschen forest and all the crosses and crosses and offalts
and the COB in Hamburg, remembered Casino in Italy, remembered St.P.
them. The men who had thought the war remembered ... remembered
But the men who had thought the war — and won — said none of

And those were line words.

enough.

Battle of Germany and the heroic assault took into the heart of the
whereas above the Glorians drive across France, the valorous
And the men who ahead for the radio and write for the news—
tired common in Moscow.

And so it was Victory in Europe day. When the stars shone
and they threw emblems in hands and threw ticker tape in New-York and

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