Browse Items (84 items total) Tags: World War II Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Jump to page of 2 pages photo_library Correspondence from Robert Lanter to Barbara Lanter 2014a015-b02-f02 1945-1946 Scholarships - Phillipines 1978a001-b175-f02 1949-1950 photo_library Correspondence from Julian (June) Matlock to his mother, Miss Virgie Matlock 2003a003-b1-f10 Oct 1944-Feb 1945 Letter to W.F. O'Donnell from Emilio Abello 1978a001-b175-f2 25 Feb 1948 Letter from J.M. Robsion to Members of the Richmond Exchange Club 1986a003-b37-f1-i001 8 Jul 1940 Memorial, Eastern students who died in WWII H0000279 1954 c. World War II Medals and Dog Tags 2014A016-4169d August 24, 1994 Clip from an interview with David Neal 1981oh099 3 Feb 1981 United States Navy 0010-015-27 9-May-48 USS Vincennes 0010-015-26 9-Aug-46 General Jonathon M. Wainwright 0010-015-25 2-Sep-45 Benito and Adolph got Kicked in the Can 0010-015-24 21-Jun-45 General Dwight D. Eisenhower 0010-015-23 7-May-45 No More Hitlerism--No More Supermen 0010-015-22 25-Apr-45 Japanese Cabinet Resigns 0010-015-21 7-Apr-45 Okinawa, April 1, 1945 0010-015-18 1-Apr-45 Mass Crossing of the Rhine 0010-015-17 24-Mar-45 If the Japanese Fleet won't Come Out and Fight 0010-015-16 20-Mar-45 Old Glory over Iwo Jima 0010-015-15 14-Mar-45 Ludendorf Bridge Captured 0010-015-14 7-Mar-45 We Must Avenge Bataan 0010-015-13 5-Feb-45 Manila: Freedom Rings Again for the Philippines Capital 0010-015-20 4-Feb-45 A Real American, General Douglas MacArthur 0010-015-19 30-Jan-45 Remember Pearl Harbor, Midway, Wake, Guam, Philipping Islands and Alaska 0010-015-12 25-Dec-44 Hitler's Mad Dog 0010-015-11 9-Aug-44 B-24D-30-C0 (42-40089) 0010-015-10 Apr-43 Damaged Ship Sinking 0010-015-09 ca 1943 Aerial view of Planes Flying over Land 0010-015-08 Aerial view of Bombs Hitting Land 0010-015-07 Ex Prisoner of War 0010-015-06 Fighter Planes in Flight 0010-015-05 ca 1943 Fighter Planes in Flight 0010-015-04 ca 1943 Ex Prisoners of War 0010-015-03 ca 1943 B-24 Fighter Plane in Flight 0010-015-02 ca 1943 B-24 Fighter Planes Dropping Bombs 0010-015-01 ca 1943 photo_library The Conscientious Objector 0050-023-b1-f1 c. 1940 Anna Mae Whittaker Telegram 2015a016-1947-0943 1947 Interned Airmen's Institute Certificate of Merit 2012a018-b1-f1-i3 18 Jan 1945 Interned Airmen's Institute Certificate of Merit 2012a018-b1-f1-i2 11 Nov 1944 photo_library Pages from a Scrapbook 2012a018-b2 ca. 1944 Interned Airmen's Institute Certificate of Merit 2012a018-b1-f1-i1 28 Sep 1944 Richmond Register 2012a019-593a circa 1968 photo_library Correspondence from Robert Lanter to Preston Lanter 2014a015-b2-f01 1944-1960 Naval, WWII, Group, and Unidentified Woman Pictures 2014A015-414 Robert Lanter On Island in WWII 2014A015-062 Robert Lanter On Island in WWII 2014A015-061 Robert Lanter On Ship in WWII 2014A015-060 Welcome Banner and Islanders 2014A015-037 1945-1946 Island Man and Child 2014A015-036 1945-1946 Island Children 2014A015-035 1945-1946 Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Jump to page of 2 pages Output Formats atom, csv, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2 Refine search Creator Select...Robsion, J.M.Taylor, Jimmyunknown Source Select...Anti-War CollectionFerrell, D.T. PapersHistorical ResourcesLanter, Robert PapersMatlock Family PapersO'Donnell, W.F. PapersPresident's Office Records - O'DonnellRichmond RegisterRichmond Register NegativesRobert Lanter PapersTaylor, Jimmy PhotographsWilliam H. Berge Oral History CenterWorld War II Collection Date Select...Octcircca.ca 1c. 1AuguApr-9-Ma9-Au8 Ju7-Ma7-Ap5-Fe4-Fe30-J3 Fe28 S25-D25-A25 F24-M21-J20-M2-Se1954194919471945194418 J14-M11 N1-Ap Format Select...audio cassettebrochurecertificatecorrespondencedocumentimagemenunegativenegativesnews clippingnewspaperphotographplaquepostcardscrapbook Language Select...eng Type Select...imageoral historypatriotic coverphotographphysical 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...World War II