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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Bray Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0150
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1941-2005, undated
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / Charles Bray Collection

Charles S. Lindsay Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0048
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1976 June 11, 1985 April 2, 1987 October 29-December 7
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / Charles S. Lindsay Papers

Digby G. Seymour Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0175
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1945-1987
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / Digby G. Seymour Collection

Eric Aberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0107
Abstract

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

Dates: 1945, 1991, 1994
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / Eric Aberg Collection

H. P. Griffith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0230
Overview

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.

Dates: 1945 October 3
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / H. P. Griffith Collection

J. Guy Boswell Jr. Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0223
Overview

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.

Dates: 1945 September 18
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / J. Guy Boswell Jr. Correspondence

Malcolm Williams Collection of World War II Press Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0055
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...
Dates: circa 1944-1945
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / Malcolm Williams Collection of World War II Press Clippings

Owen Musgrove Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0089
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1943
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / Owen Musgrove Collection

Robert W. Barbee Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0091
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1945
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / Robert W. Barbee Collection

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