A small panel of Perry’s World War II veterans assembled last month to share their memories of the end of the war in the European theater of operations on May 8, 1945 and in the Pacific theater on Sept. 2, 1945.
Longtime U.S. government teacher and World War II historian Phil Stone of Perry moderated the Sept. 10 discussion, posing questions to Mahlon Conaway, 90, and Tom South, 88, both of Perry and both veterans of World War II.
John Summerson, 84, of Perry, a veteran of the later conflict in the Korean Peninsula, was present to describe reactions on the home front in the Perry area at the end of America’s four-year involvement in the six-year world conflict.
Stone said he hopes this videotaped discussion will find a place in the city’s oral-history archives, which are curated by Hometown Heritage.
The videotaped discussion was produced and directed by ThePerryNews.com summer intern Mark Summerson.
