"On
V-E Day we had what was probably a typical celebration. Pres. Guftafson made a few appropriate
remarks to open the all-school convocation.
Then Prof. Reynolds of the Eng. Dept. read some up-to-date chapters from
Isaiah, and Capt. Cheadle closed with a warming that 'There's a Job Yet to be
Done.' There was no celebration here -
except that a few flags were hung out downtown and all business establishments
closed. After the many false alarms it
was almost an anti-climax and, when, someone brought the report to school
Monday morning, we could only believe it after hearing confirmation later in
the day."
--Letter from my father, Boulder, Colo., to his
family, Bloomington, Kans., May 10, 1945.
The allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Germany on May 8,
1945.
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