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Dobbs, Clarence "Jack" War’s End, Going Home, and Discharge
Clarence Lee "Jack" Dobbs was still on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] when the atomic bombs were...
Hendren, William War’s End, Reserve Duty and Beyond
William Hendren remembers everybody being pleased when V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945]...
Whelan, Robert War’s End, Returning Home, and Back to Civilian Life
Robert Whelan was able to take a tour through the concentration camp at Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau, Germany]...
Haack, Frederick Weather Problems and Atomic Bombs
Frederick Haack was flying off the coast of Taiwan [Annotator's Note: with the 68th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433rd Troop...
DiSabatino, Eugene Wendover Army Air Field
Eugene DiSabatino worked on Ballistic Tables as part of the delivery system for the Manhattan Project in the...
DiSabatino, Eugene Wendover Field and the 509th Composite Group
Eugene DiSabatino had to disguise his military status and rank both on and off the base at Wendover Air Field. There...
Hollis, Frederick Willow Run
Fredrick Hollis did not witness much family talk about the conflict during World War 2. Some of his relatives served in...
Allen, George Witnessing the Trinity Test
George Allen says the officer accommodations in New Mexico were okay. Most of the time they were in the field though....
Hever, John Wonderful News
John Hever never saw any Japanese soldiers until after the war was over. They had no weapons, and were walking around...
Levee, Harris Working on the Atomic Bomb
Harris H. Levee reported to the University [Annotator's Note: Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago,...
Denzler, Edward Working with Chinese Allies
Talking about working with the other Allied forces, Edward Denzler observed that the Kachin Rangers had been...
Kiefer, Keith Working with Contaminated Soils
[Annotator's Note: Keith Kiefer was assigned to a Radiological Cleanup detail on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands while...
Burnett, Marshall Working with the Local People
After Marshall Burnett was released from the hospital where he had been recovering from typhus [Annotator's Note: also...
Kitts, James Wounded and Hospitalized
[Annotator's Note: James Albert Kitts took part in the Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16...
Griffis, James Wounded and Then Home
James A. Griffis [Annotator's Note: with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 414th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division]...
Griffis, James Wounded in Action
James A. Griffis was in Belgium and Holland [Annotator's Note: with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 414th Infantry Regiment,...
Viani, Bruno Wounded in Action then Return Home
Bruno Viani spent about a week in Marseilles after his arrival. There was a dock strike there so the troops helped...
Ngai, Johnny Wounded in France and Preparing to Fight in China
Johnny Ngai was riding on a tank into Southern France. He was hurt on the second day. They were having lunch inside a...
A Japanese soldier and his family in Hiroshima, Japan in 1945
A Japanese soldier and his family walk along a pier; a ship can be seen behind them. "Hiroshima. Jap soldier and...
A Japanese soldier returning home. Hiroshima, Japan. 1945
Japanese soldier walks along a pier, away from a ship, and carrying a large pack over one shoulder; "Jap soldier comes...
Aerial photograph of damage to Hiroshima, Japan, after the dropping of the atomic bomb, 1945-46
Aerial view of damage after atomic bomb drop by 10th Air Force. "3PR5M422-IV 153 20AF Restricted." Reverse: "Hiroshima...
Aerial photograph of Hiroshima, Japan, after detonation of atomic bomb, 1945
Photograph, aerial. View of the leveled cityscape of Hiroshima after detonation of the first American atomic bomb...
Aerial photograph of Nagasaki, Japan, after detonation of atomic bomb, 1945
Photograph, aerial. View of the leveled cityscape of Nagasaki after detonation of the second American atomic bomb...
Aerial view of atomic bomb damage in Hiroshima, Japan, 1945-46
Aerial view of rubble and devastating, atomic bomb damage. "Hiroshima. See M423-18. After the atomic bomb." Hiroshima,...
Aerial view of atomic bomb damage, Nagasaki, Japan, 1945-46
Aerial view of rubble and devastation after atomic bomb dropped in Nagasaki. "Nagasaki after the atomic bomb." Nagasaki...
Aerial view of planes in an air field in Hiroshima, Japan, 1945-46
Aerial view of flat field; a few Japanese planes scattered below. "3PR5M423-1: 74 -20 AF- p:8:1115K-12:1500 - 500 -...
Aftermath of atomic bomb, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Cracked tree trunks and devastation. Aftermath of atomic bomb. Japan. 1945
Aftermath of atomic bomb,Japan, 1945
Photograph. Aftermath of atomic bomb with people walking through the destruction. Japan. 1945
Atomic mushroom cloud above Nagasaki, Japan, 9 August 1945
Photograph, aerial. Atomic mushroom cloud rising above Nagasaki, as viewed from an airplane. Official Caption: "Rome 8/...
Damaged factory, Nagasaki, January 1946
Photograph, aerial. View of damaged factory. Personal caption: "29 Jan '46. Nagasaki." Nagasaki, Japan. 29 January 1946
Destroyed hospital and rubble in Hiroshima, Japan in 1945
Destroyed hospital and rubble in Hiroshima. "Red Cross Hospital, Hiroshima. 100's [of] bodies on floors burned."...
Destruction in downtown Hiroshima, Japan in 1945
View of destruction in Hiroshima. "Hiroshima downtown." Hiroshima, Japan. 1945
Destruction in Hiroshima, Japan with a view of a river in the background in 1945
Destruction in Hiroshima, with a view of a river in the background. "Hiroshima, [likely Nishikawa] West River."...
Devastation of Nagasaki factory district by atomic bomb in Japan as seen on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki industrial (factory) district by 2nd Atomic bomb dropped on Japan (22 Sep 45)." 22 September...
Expanding explosion from an atomic bomb test, New Mexico, 16 July 1945
Photograph. Expanding explosion from an atomic bomb test. Official Caption: “Rome 8/29/45 EXPLOSION OF ATOMIC BOMB...
General view of destruction in Hiroshima, Japan in 1945
General view of destruction. "Hiroshima. Looking at news building." Hiroshima, Japan. 1945

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