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Dawood Khan
09-10-2008, 07:03 PM
Photos from my Grandfather. (http://hereticdhammasangha.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/world-war-ii-the-bomb/)
You guys may be interested in these.
This will be a kind of series on my blog. I'm gettin' in a groove with this blog thing. lol
The Old School JPS
09-10-2008, 08:08 PM
Those are remarkable images. What was your grandfather's role in the war?
Dawood Khan
09-10-2008, 08:18 PM
He was a mechanic.
Worked on everything. Tanks. Trucks. Jeeps. Anything else they brought him.
JohnJ
09-15-2008, 12:41 AM
Interesting.
On a related matter, I read a book which was published fairly recently, "First Into Nagasaki" by Anthony Weller. He was a reporter whose reporting got censored and his original copies of the stories he tried to file had been misplaced or thought to be lost for years. Apparently, one of the reasons for the censorship might have been his reporting that the blasts were not quite as destructive as we have been led to believe. I am surprised at some of the reports of people who survived the atomic blasts.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307342018/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
UFGrant
09-15-2008, 07:01 AM
Very cool stuff.
My grandfather was in the infantry in WWII and went in about 3 weeks or so after D Day. I love picking his brain every time I get to see him.
matt colvin
09-15-2008, 08:23 AM
Thanks for sharing those Dave.
Dawood Khan
09-15-2008, 10:43 AM
People of Asia (http://hereticdhammasangha.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/world-war-ii-people-of-asia/)
A couple of pics that were in the photo album. Not sure that they are from the Philippines. But that was all that my Grandpa talked about. PI and Japan.
Dawood Khan
09-15-2008, 10:49 AM
Soldiers (http://hereticdhammasangha.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/world-war-ii-the-soldiers/)
IwoJima (http://hereticdhammasangha.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/world-war-ii-raising-the-flag-on-mt-suribachi/)
misterbluecat
09-16-2008, 11:20 PM
I just wanted to add something to this thread. Here is a scanned copy of the South Bend Tribune from VJ-Day. The original is in a family album downstairs.
http://www.aclsal.org/images/SBT45.pdf
Dawood Khan
09-17-2008, 08:16 AM
that's a great scan dude. I'd love to have an original sheet like that.
The Old School JPS
09-23-2008, 06:39 PM
Very cool stuff.
My grandfather was in the infantry in WWII and went in about 3 weeks or so after D Day. I love picking his brain every time I get to see him.
What was his unit?
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