CCSU Veterans History Project

- Landing craft #354 docked 1945
- Landing craft -- American -- 1940-1950;
- Landing craft #354 docked in Sasebo Harbor 1945
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- Landing craft #209
- World War, 1939-1945; Photographs; Landing craft; Snakes; Barracks
- Landing craft #209 docked with four people visible on board
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- Synopsis of oral history interview with Robert K. Yoreo
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; Radio operators; Tokyo Rose, 1916-2006;
- Typed synopsis of video interview with Robert K. Yoreo conducted by Gregg Cerosky.
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- American ship (Landing craft), Okinawa Between 1944 - 1946
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island;
- American ship (Landing craft), Okinawa Between 1944 - 1946
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- Oral history interview with Robert B. August recorded 2005 Feb. 23
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives; World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews;
- Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst. Robert B. August originally enlisted in the Naval Air Corps while a student at Yankton College and washed out in flight training. To qualify for a commission, he completed his degree in three years. In August...
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- Oral history interview with William T. Gresh recorded 2005 May 6
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; United States. Navy -- Signalman; Seaplanes -- American...
- Interview conducted by Vincent Roche. William Gresh was drafted just after his graduation from high school in 1943. He volunteered for the U.S. Navy, and was soon on his way to Sampson, NY for boot camp. After a short leave, Gresh again went to...
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- Oral history interview with Albert A. D'Amico recorded 2006 Nov. 27
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa...
- Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst. Albert D’Amico was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943, but because he was too thin, they would not accept him, and sent him back home to New Britain, Ct. However, he found that the Navy would accept him, and...
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- Photograph of Robert B. August
- Portrait photographs -- 1940-1950;
- Photograph of Robert B. August taken before his enlistment in the U.S. Navy.
- Veterans History Project
- Photograph of Robert B. August in naval dress uniform
- Portrait photographs -- 1940-1950; Military uniforms;
- Photograph of Robert B. August in naval dress uniform taken in 1943.
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- Photograph of Robert B. August with crew and Japanese children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Sasebo-shi (Japan); Photographs;
- Robert August’s crew posing with a group of Japanese children, Japan 1945, August is at center of photograph.
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- Smiling seamstress in Sasebo, Japan
- Sewing
- Photograph of smiling seamstress taken in 1945 in Sasebo, Japan.
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- Sasebo, Japan street scene, 1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Sasebo-shi (Japan);
- Street scene of Sasebo, Japan depicting a woman with small children, an enlisted person walking down the street and a Japanese child 1945.
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- Japanese children play among the rubble of Nagasaki, 1945.
- Atomic bomb -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi; Buildings War damage;
- Three children playing among rubble. Nagasaki, Japan 1945
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- American sailor standing in Nagasaki, Japan 1945
- Atomic bomb -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi; Buildings War damage;
- American sailor amid the rubble of bombed out buildings. Nagasaki, Japan 1945
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- Sacred Heart Church. Sasebo, Japan 1945
- Catholic Church -- Japan
- Sacred Heart Church, the Catholic Church in Sasebo, Japan 1945.
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- Robert August's LST-504 crew 1945
- United States. Navy;
- Robert August's LST-504 crew 1945
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- Two American Tank Landing Ships , one is bellowing smoke after being struck by Japanese planes
- World War, 1939-1945; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; Landing craft -- American -- 1940-1950; Kamikaze airplanes;
- Ambulances from the 52nd Army Field Hospital wait on shore to transport injured military personnel to the military hospital on Guadalcanal.
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