Attached is a brief column concerning the military hospital in Pasadena, California (previously the Vista del Arroyo Hotel, pictured above) where absolute madness broke out upon hearing the long-anticipated news that the Japanese had cried “uncle” and the war was over:
“They went wild…they slid down banisters; they chinned themselves on the hospital’s chandeliers. The remark most of them made was, ‘No Pacific trip now!'”
Lieutenant Helen Span Savanah GeorgiaLieutenant Helen Span on VJ Day 1945Pasadena on VJ-Day 1945Private Ted Chuinski on VJ-Day 1945US Army Major General Thompson Lawrence on VJ Day 1945WAC Sgt. Rayetta Johnson on VJ-Day 1945Happines in Pasadena California on VJ-Day 1945Pasadena California Vista del Arroyo Hotel on VJ-Day 1945Pasadena California Vista del Arroyo Hotel mobilized as US Army Hospital during WW2Larry McManus YANK article
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Lieutenant Helen Span Savanah GeorgiaLieutenant Helen Span on VJ Day 1945Pasadena on VJ-Day 1945Private Ted Chuinski on VJ-Day 1945US Army Major General Thompson Lawrence on VJ Day 1945WAC Sgt. Rayetta Johnson on VJ-Day 1945Happines in Pasadena California on VJ-Day 1945Pasadena California Vista del Arroyo Hotel on VJ-Day 1945Pasadena California Vista del Arroyo Hotel mobilized as US Army Hospital during WW2Larry McManus YANK article
