Fort Miles ceremony marks 81 years since Japan’s surrender, honors Delaware’s World War II fallen
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Eighty-one years after Japan formally surrendered aboard the USS Missouri, veterans, families and community members gathered at Fort Miles on Wednesday to remember the end of World War II and the Delawareans who never returned home.
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World War II veterans, families and community members gathered at Fort Miles in Cape Henlopen State Park to mark 81 years since Japan’s formal surrender and the end of World War II. Veterans George McCarthy and Raymond Sproul reflected on their wartime service and the friends and fellow service members they lost. The annual Victory over Japan Day ceremony also honored the 774 Delawareans who died during World War II.
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