Browse Items (11 items total) Tags: AAD2018 Refine search Creator Select...unknown Source Select...American Slavery CollectionKadlec, Anna PapersLilly Family PapersMajor Family PapersRichmond Register Negatives, 1991-2002Roark Family CollectionRobert Lanter Papers Date Select...undatedca.1915ca. 1950ca. 1917ca. 18707 Mar 199827 Jun 1871 and Nov 18821944-196019101900ca18 Jul 1825 Format Select...broadsidebrochurecorrespondenceephemerafuneral noticegreeting cardloving cupmemoirmenunegativenews clippingphotographsilver gelatin printuniform Language Select...eng Type Select...imagephysical objecttext Text Select...Transcript of the second letter: Transcript: Aug. 10, 1945 Dear Dad, This day will remain in my memory the rest of my life. The Pacific war is suposed [sic] to be over. We were all on the bow of the ship watching a movie and then all of a sudden whistles and horns and sirens started to sound off. I had an idea what it was as soon as it happened, then someone shouted "the war is over." In two minutes I wish you could have seen the sight. I am in one of the biggist [sic] harbors out here and it is full of ships, hundreds of them, big and little. Every one of them turned on every thing they had. All kinds of signal and serch [sic] lights, most of them arc lights. There were bells and best of all I wish you could have seen the fire works. The Navy has or at least had a lot of flairs [sic] for different uses well for miles on each side all you could see was color. Mostly red, white and green. We had the kind that you hold but the best kind were the ones that were fired up in the air. They go up about 2 or 3 hundred feet and they start burning and a little chute opens and it comes down slow. Do you remember the fire works at the world fair, well that was just a warm up compaired [sic] to this. We are anchored [redacted] and we put up a lot more than they did. Every one just about went crazy with joy. Things are beginning to ease up now. It's after midnight and we started about 9 o'clock. We are all out of breath and ammo. I can't begin to explain how things are so I guess I'll close for now. This sure has been a week. First on Mon. we dropped the first bomb and then later in the week Russia got in with us and today or yesterday we dropped the second bomb and now the Japs have had enough I guess. I'm glad we didn't drop one on Tokio [sic]. I don't want it all torn to peaces [sic] when I get there. I sure hope I get there and it would not surprise me if I do. Well it's sort of late and I guess I had better close for now. Write and tell me what it was like in the states. Lots of love Robert. Tags Remove filter...AAD2018 Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added photo_library A Sketch of the Life and Experiences of George White, a Colored Man, and Born a Slave - Written by Himself. - A Lesson to His Children. 0010-020-f2-i2 ca. 1870 Austin Lilly in newspaper dress 1982a020-140 ca.1915 photo_library Correspondence from Robert Lanter to Preston Lanter 2014a015-b2-f01 1944-1960 Funeral Notice for Frances Ann Major 2010a002-b01-f05-i03 18 Jul 1825 Gypsies Who Visited the Stock Yard Neighborhood in South-side Chicago 2005a005-065 1900ca King Bros. [Brothers] Circus Ticket 2013a005-f4-i13 ca. 1950 photo_library Richmond, Kentucky Police Chase a Goat 2014a016-2677 7 Mar 1998 Sale Bill Advertisement for Locust Hill Farm and Personal Property 2010a002-b01-f05-i01 27 Jun 1871 and Nov 1882 Silver Loving Cup Presented to Mary C. Roark 0010-064-i1 1910 United States Military Gas Mask 2016a057-b2-i1 ca. 1917 photo_library Valentine letter from L. B. Crout to Mary Runyon 2016a020-f1-i1 undated Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Output Formats atom, csv, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2
