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- Edward J. Thomas
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- Judith R.
- Rodney C. Morris

Edward J. Thomas - World War II

Atom Bomb Dropped on Japan

Atomic Bomb - Hiroshima, Japan 8:15 AM Aug. 6, 1945
The smoke billowed 20,000 feet above the city of Hiroshima, spreading to an area of 10,000 feet on the ground.

Mon. Aug 6 (during the new moon) The U.S. B-29 Enola Gay releases the first atomic bomb called "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb is an 8000 pound bomb that will literally mark a new era in the world, this day and forward.

Wed. Aug 8 finds Russia declaring war on Japan.

Thur. Aug 9 an American B29 with the nickname "Bockscar" drops the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.

Sun. Aug 12 has Russian troops going into Korea and invading southern Sakhalin Island.

Mon. Aug 13 War is declared on Japan by the Mongolian People's Republic.

Tue. Aug 14 Japan unconditionally surrenders.

V-J Day - August 15, 1945

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Thanks WBRW TV ~ Washington, Michigan for interviewing me August 14, 2019. As mentioned in my video there are resources you can download, including this army pamphlet of games that soldiers could play.

Army Game Pamphlet

Thanks WTXL Channel 27 ~ ABC Tallahassee, Florida for including my dad's cousin's Leonard Tomaszewski's D-Day account. If you want to hear more and read his story, start here: D-Day.

This website started as a living story of my uncle's service in World War II. I found some 200 plus letters in my late uncle's office he used to run his business after the war, and during his retirement. It was in 2008 that I asked my father (deceased last November 2011) if I could have the letters and look at. In the last eleven years I have painstakingly read, organized and put up this website, that I am proud of.

Letters From A Soldier