Summary

In the section “V-J Day (1945),” even though Henry was dating Ethel and was dedicated to her, he still missed Keiko and wished she would come and explain why she had disappeared. One day Henry talked to Sheldon about the change in his (Henry's) father since he had begun dating Ethel. Henry did not know what to think about the change, so he just let Ethel talk to him.

About that time, Ethel ran up to Henry and Sheldon. In the distance there was the sound of bells ringing and horns blowing. The people were celebrating in the streets because Japan had surrendered. Sheldon put his sax together and started playing. In his enthusiasm, Henry asked Ethel to marry him. He was surprised at himself the minute his words were out of his mouth. Ethel climbed onto a police car to announce...