Remembering VJ Day

Members of Emerson Marshall Sherwood American Legion Post 213 and other volunteers read the names of 9,873 Missouri service members who died during WWII to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day at Sylvan Springs Park in St. Louis, Mo.
Michael LeBlanc, a member of Emerson Marshall Sherwood American Legion Post 213, sets up portraits of fallen service members, from left to right, Louis E. Emerson, John A. Marshall and Gail Lon Sherwood before a reading of the names of 9,873 Missouri service members who died during WWII to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day at Sylvan Springs Park in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Whitney Curtis/The American Legion
Michael LeBlanc, a member of Emerson Marshall Sherwood American Legion Post 213, sets up portraits of fallen service members, from left to right, Louis E. Emerson, John A. Marshall and Gail Lon Sherwood before a reading of the names of 9,873 Missouri service members who died during WWII to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day at Sylvan Springs Park in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Whitney Curtis/The American Legion
Michael LeBlanc, a member of Emerson Marshall Sherwood American Legion Post 213, begins reading the names of 9,873 Missouri service members who died during WWII to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day at Sylvan Springs Park in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Whitney Curtis/The American Legion
Michael LeBlanc, a member of Emerson Marshall Sherwood American Legion Post 213, begins reading the names of 9,873 Missouri service members who died during WWII to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day at Sylvan Springs Park in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Whitney Curtis/The American Legion
Jefferson Barracks cemetery shortly after sunrise as members of Emerson Marshall Sherwood American Legion Post 213 and volunteers read the names of 9,873 Missouri service members who died during WWII to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day at Sylvan Springs Park in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Whitney Curtis/The American Legion
Jefferson Barracks cemetery shortly after sunrise as members of Emerson Marshall Sherwood American Legion Post 213 and volunteers read the names of 9,873 Missouri service members who died during WWII to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day at Sylvan Springs Park in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Whitney Curtis/The American Legion
Charles Scott, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, rings a bell as Michael LeBlanc, a member of Emerson Marshall Sherwood American Legion Post 213 begins reading the names of 9,873 Missouri service members who died during WWII to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day at Sylvan Springs Park in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Whitney Curtis/The American Legion
Charles Scott, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, rings a bell as Michael LeBlanc, a member of Emerson Marshall Sherwood American Legion Post 213 begins reading the names of 9,873 Missouri service members who died during WWII to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day at Sylvan Springs Park in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Whitney Curtis/The American Legion
Volunteers Joe Puff, Charles Scott, Michael LeBlanc, a member of Emerson Marshall Sherwood American Legion Post 213, and volunteer Jim Hubbard salute the flag during a playing of the national anthem at Sylvan Springs Park in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Whitney Curtis/The American Legion
Volunteers Joe Puff, Charles Scott, Michael LeBlanc, a member of Emerson Marshall Sherwood American Legion Post 213, and volunteer Jim Hubbard salute the flag during a playing of the national anthem at Sylvan Springs Park in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Whitney Curtis/The American Legion