It has been over 65 years since V-J Day, yet to many of us, it still seems as if WW II happened only yesterday because its images, tragedies and eternal triumphs refuse to leave our collective consciousness. WW II shaped what every nation involved would be from that point forward. It will always be with us. Compared with some nations, such as England and France, America's war was relatively short: three years and nine months. For other countries and combatants, it lasted five, long, agonizing years, and a few had to endure it even longer. But the changes it wrought were huge. In 1930, 65 years after the Civil War (which killed more Americans than all the wars in the 20th century combined), Civil War vets still walked amongst us; yet the incredible horror of that war had already been eclipsed by the even greater horrors of the Great War of 1915-1918. Little did our nation realize then that a decade later, WW II would plunge the entire world into a chaotic nightmare from which it has yet to totally awaken.
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