Soldiers
- World War II Era
- Edward J. Thomas
- Leonard Tomaszewski
- Kenneth R. MacDonald
- Vietnam War Era
- James A. Fortune
- Judith R.
- Rodney C. Morris

Edward J. Thomas - World War II

V-J Day Wednesday August 15, 1945

Rainbow Corner Red Cross club in Paris - August 15, 1945

This is the day everyone has waited for, and the Emporer Hirohito gives his first radio address ordering all Japanese soldiers to cease their fighting and to put down their arms.

Thur. Aug 16 Japan has a new prime minister, General Prince Toshihiko Higashikuni. His first duties are to form a cabinet which will meet to surrender.

Fri. Aug 24 The emperor of Vietnam, Bao Dai relinquishes his power.

Thur. Aug 30 has the United States Armed Forces arrive in Japan to begin occupying Japan.

Izzy Writes from Indiana

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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