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“Unconditional Surrender" is a 25-foot, 6,000 pound statue by J. Seward Johnson commemorating a famous World War II photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt of a Sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, New York City on Aug. 14, 1945, following the announcement of V-J Day.
The statue was unveiled Feb. 10, 2007 at Mole Park in San Diego.
day 23 - 11/19/08
Surrender don't come natural to me
I'd rather fight you for something I don't really want
than take what you give that I need
and I've beat my head against so many walls
now I'm falling down, falling on my knees
--Hold Me Jesus (Rich Mullins)
Unconditional Surrender is a series of sculptures by Seward Johnson resembling a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, V–J day in Times Square, but said by Johnson to be based on a similar, less well known, photograph by Victor Jorgensen.
Stand Easy 1945.
Photogravures from 'Stand Easy' magazine for Australian servicemen in action WW2 .
This issue released to celebrate the Japanese surrender in September 1945.
Anzac Day is celebrated April 25th.
Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London.
Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, the museum was intended to record the civil and military war effort and sacrifice of Britain and its Empire during the First World War.
The museum's remit has since expanded to include all conflicts in which British or Commonwealth forces have been involved since 1914. As of 2012, the museum aims 'to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and "wartime experience"'.
Originally housed in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham Hill, the museum opened to the public in 1920.
In 1924 the museum moved to space in the Imperial Institute in South Kensington, and finally in 1936 the museum acquired a permanent home which was previously the Bethlem Royal Hospital in Southwark.
The outbreak of the Second World War saw the museum expand both its collections and its terms of reference, but in the post-war period the museum entered a period of decline.
The 1960s saw the museum redevelop its Southwark building, now referred to as Imperial War Museum London, which serves as the organisation's corporate headquarters.
During the 1970s the museum began to expand onto other sites. The first, in 1976, was a historic airfield in Cambridgeshire now referred to as IWM Duxford.
In 1978 the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Belfast became a branch of the museum, having previously been preserved for the nation by a private trust.
In 1984 the Cabinet War Rooms, an underground wartime command centre, was opened to the public.
From the 1980s onwards the museum's Bethlem building underwent a series of multimillion-pound redevelopments, completed in 2000.
Finally, 2002 saw the opening of IWM North in Trafford, Greater Manchester, the fifth branch of the museum and the first in the north of England.
In 2011 the museum rebranded itself as IWM, standing for 'Imperial War Museums'.
A family takes a final snapshot of the upper portion of "Unconditional Surrender" at Tuna Harbor Park. (Photos courtesy Dale Frost/Port of San Diego).
...to the beauty that we breath constantly
...a la belleza que respiramos continuamente.
thanks Mashunya for remember it ☺♥☺♥
From the book HeartSong's Revolution by Kathryn Knoll, SNJM that accompanies the Hearthstones she makes...
SURRENDER
"When you choose the Hearthstone surrender, you are invited to let go of your fear. This is the only thing really keeping you from your greatness. You struggle to hold on to something that has never been real. It is only an illusionary creation your mind has conjured to distract you from seeing your magnificence. Surrender. Pull out your white heart cloth and lay it down, now. The only real control you have is to choose to let go of the illusion. You cannot put off the inevitable truth: the shining light of your holy being is becoming obvious to those around you. Embrace the awesome being you are that everybody wants to love."
Photo inspired by the inspirational amma_maw.
By Bruce Springsteen
We busted out of class
Had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three minute record
Than we ever learned in school
Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound
I can feel my heart begin to pound
You say you're tired,
And you just want to close your eyes
And follow your dreams down
We made a promise,
We swore we'd always remember
No retreat, no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night
With a vow to defend
No retreat, no surrender
Now young faces grow sad, and old
And hearts of fire grow cold
We swore blood brothers, against the wind
I'm ready to grow young again
And hear your sister's voice, calling us home
Across the open yards
Well maybe we could cut someplace of our own
With these drums, and these guitars
Blood brothers in the stormy night
With a vow to defend
No retreat, no surrender
Now on the street tonight, the lights grow dim
The walls of my room are closing in
There's a war outside still raging
You say it ain't ours anymore to win
I want to sleep beneath peaceful skies, in my lover's bed
With a wide open country in my eyes
And these romantic dreams, in my head
Dressember 14
Beanie: someplace in Ann Arbor
Dress: Tulle
Blouse: Tucker for Target
Tights: We Love Colors
Platform sandals: Bronx
''Just Jane'' was built by Austin Motors at Longbridge near Birmingham, in April 1945. Given the serial number NX611, she was one of the first 150 B Mk VII Avro Lancasters destined as part of the RAF's Tiger Force in the Far East. However, Japan's early surrender meant these aircraft were suddenly surplus to requirements and, instead of seeing service, NX611 ended up in storage at Llandow. There she stayed until 1952. From then on, a chequered career followed. In April 1952 she was bought by the French Government. Painted midnight blue, she flew maritime patrols for the French Naval Air Arm. Ten years later, she went to Noumeau, New Caledonia, was painted white and used for air sea rescue and cartography. Then in 1964, the French presented her to the Historical Aircraft Preservation Society and flew her to her new home in Sydney where she was overhauled before being flown back to Britain. It took nine days to complete the 12,000 mile journey back to her homeland, seventy flying hours and landing at Biggin Hill on 13 May, 1965.
Temporarily grounded, due to expiry of permitted flying hours, it was 1967 before NX611 flew again, but even then public appearances were brief because of prohibitive costs. She was flown to Lavenham in Suffolk and, a few years later, in 1972, was put up for auction at 'Squires Gate', Blackpool. Meanwhile, in Lincolnshire, determined to commemorate the death of their brother Chistopher who was killed on the Nuremburg Raid in March 1944, and all of the men who served in Bomber Command, Fred and Harold Panton had decided to purchase a WWII Bomber. At one time, they had had their eyes on a Halifax which was coming up for sale, but their father told them, in no uncertain terms, they would not be permitted to keep one at his farm.
The years passed, but the brothers still held on to their dream. Eventually, Fred and Harold became co-owners of their own farm. When some land came up for sale which included part of the defunct RAF East Kirkby Airfield they bought it. Some areas of concrete and a few buildings still stood on the old airfield, in a state of disrepair. They used part of the area to set up a chicken farm. However, with the idea of owning an exhibition aircraft still foremost in their in their minds, they also began to renovate the working area of the airfield. That included building a new hangar, where an original T2 hangar had stood there during the war years.
Learning about the forthcoming auction, via an advertisement, Fred and Harold decided to try and purchase the old Lancaster. This aircraft could be the perfect monument to their brother's memory. When Fred saw NX611 for the very first time at Blackpool, she stood lonely and forlorn, waiting to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Around her, a great crowd stood- some hopefully putting in bids, but most just watched, curious to see one of the country's finest types of Bomber at close range. Sadly, due to the reserve not being reached, she was withdrawn from the auction and later privately sold to the Rt Hon Lord Lilford. Fred and Harold kept in contact with her new owner and eventually, whilst she stood Gate Guardian at RAF Scampton, near Lincoln, and after one or two hiccups in the furtherance of their ambition to own her, a deal was struck with Lord Lilford's agent.
In September 1983, NX611 was finally purchased by Fred and Harold and, four years later, after completing an agreed total of ten years gate guardian at RAF Scampton, she was brought to East Kirkby, courtesy of the RAF. It was sixteen years since Fred had seen her at Blackpool auction.
The first moves towards restoring one of her four engines were made in 1993. Two ex RAF engineers were brought in to do the job. They began work on No3 engine. Although it had been idle for 22 years, they were confident they could bring it back to life. Accessing the spare parts was organised, the engine rotated to ensure it would still turn and the cam shaft covers removed. Both had to be replaced, although the engine cylinders were in good working order. Then the propeller was removed, stripped down and examined and apart from having to adjust the blade settings everything proved to be in fine order and was rebuilt. Local contractors were brought in to check the wiring and make good where necessary. That alone was a ten-day job.
The engine's starter motor, magnetos, fuel booster pump and ignition harness were removed and checked, the fuel tank was pressurised and the fuel jettison system reset. When the throttle controls between the cockpit lever and the engine were uncovered, it was discovered that almost a third of the small control rods had to be replaced.
However after about seven hundred man hours and at a cost of £7000 the engine was finally ready. This work was then completed for all four engines and they now at a fully operational taxiing standard.
Specification-
Engines: Four Rolls-Royce Merlin 24 engines (1640Hp each)
Dimensions: Span 102ft
Length 69ft, 11 3/4in
Height 20ft 6in
Wing area: 1300sqft
Weights: Tare 37,330lbs
Max all up: 72,000lbs
Max landing: 60,000lbs
Max bomb load: 18,000lbs
Max specialist bomb load 22,000lbs i.e Grand Slam
Max. Speed: 275mph at 15,000ft
Cruising Speed: 200mph at 15,000ft
Service ceiling: 25,000ft
Range: 2,350 miles with 7,000lbs bomb load.