On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY marking the 80th anniversary of V-J Day – the effective end of World War II on August 14, 1945 - we present a panel discussion from the archives marking the 60th anniversary 20 years ago in Seattle in 2005.

Participants included several Seattle area residents who were in the military, the Red Cross, working in defense plants or otherwise supporting the Allied war effort as young adults in 1945.

The panelists include:

Edgar J. Allen

https://bonneywatson.com/obituary/edgar-j-allen/

Bill Burnett

https://www.funerals.coop/obituaries/bill-burnett

Bea Jordan

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/unionleader/name/bea-jordan-obituary?id=19375229

Henry Kuharic

https://genprideseattle.org/dr-henry-kuharic/

Kirby Walker

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/seattletimes/name/kirby-walker-obituary?id=32523548

The panel was part of a series curated and moderated by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of Seattle's Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), and was recorded before a live audience at the old MOHAI in Montlake in the McCurdy Gallery.

This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 28, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via www.space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms’ quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

You may also be interested in the 2005 V-E Day 60th anniversary panel episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY:

https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/ep-107

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