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This collection features photographs, news articles, book excerpts, and other papers from Charles Bray's military service during World War II and his time living in Vietnam while working with the Central Intelligence Agency.

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This collection consists of a manuscript titled, Charles S. Lindsay, Bomb Disposal Officer Coming of Age in Okinawa by Paul N. Birdwell and Charles S. Lindsay's memoir South of Yontan Okinawa. Also included is a transcript of an interview with Charles S. Lindsay by Paul N. Birdwell.

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World War II documents and photographs of veteran Digby G. Seymour including pieces of Japanese currency and photographs of a Nazi Party rally in Austria.

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The Eaton W. Bennett Collection consists of three folders, which contain maps of Okinawa, a History of the 233rd General Hospital (1945), and assorted materials such as a menu, bulletin, and maps.

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Articles written by World War II veteran Eric Aberg on atomic weaponry, specifically the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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This collection, created by World War II veteran H. P. Griffith, contains a single copy of the newspaper Stars and Stripes, Pacific edition, from October 3, 1945, as well as military and Japanese currency.

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Photocopy of a six-page handwritten letter from J. Guy Boswell Jr. to his wife. Boswell penned this letter from Japan in 1945 while serving with the U.S. Navy. Boswell writes about the history and current state of the city of Yokohama as well as his experiences there. He also comments on the weather and his health.

Abstract This collection consists of two scrapbooks; one is a collection of press clippings about the Atomic Bomb. The press clippings are from Johnson City Press Chronicle, The Knoxville Journal, and The Knoxville News-Sentinel. The second scrapbook consists of press clippings concerning Japan and South Pacific during World War II. The first atomic bombs occurred on August 6 and 9, 1945, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The South Pacific theatre during World War II was a major theatre between the...

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This collection contains photographs of the Philippines and a transcript of a Japanese diary donated by Owen Musgrove who was deployed with the Army during World War II in the Pacific Theater.

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This collection contains eleven American propaganda pamphlets aimed at encouraging Japanese troops to surrender during World War II. These pamphlets are written in Japanese with English translations attached.