What's the most important lesson this generation should remember from V-J Day?

Our adversaries have already forgotten the lessons of Pearl Harbor and 9/11. When you hurt the nation as a whole, 99% of Americans forget their petty squabbles and pull together to confront the looming problem immediately ahead.

In almost every case, other nations interpret internal squabbling as evidence of the immanent collapse of our nation. Nothing could be further from the truth.

In the end weakness and unpreparedness brings on war.

We're all in this together. United we stand Divided we fall

That they could one day be called upon to defend freedom and liberty and face evil head on to preserve their way of life and all their forebears died defending.

Our laws and religion require equal amounts of this two part glue to hold our civilization together.
Not everyone shares our sense of these values and may even have directly opposing ideas.
The often quoted "Pease thru strength" is the most practical method of preserving our way of life
and perhaps the only way of maintaining peace around the world. This, and all future generations should not be lulled into a false sense of security by assuming no one would be stupid enough to launch the dooms day attack. Don't want to see Slim Pickins riding down bomb #3

Patriotically, V-J Day was a boon, celebrated and rightfully so. But, it was also bittersweet, many service members lost their lives, many more were wounded. The family dynamic in the United States was forever changed. Japanese American’s were in encampments. This generation should take note of the unwavering patriotism and the unquestioned loyalty to our country. But older generations might remember blaming an entire culture for an element of that cultures indiscretions isn’t the right way to go!

Most important lesson this generation should learn from VJ day is even way way back on August 15, 1945, if you wore a Navy Uniform and kissed a woman, a total stranger, on Times Square in New York City, a few people might find out about it!

That nuclear warfare is always an imminent threat.

Atomic war is horrific. Strive for peaceful solutions through a position of strength.