CCSU Veterans History Project

- 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.
- 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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- 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.
- Veterans History Project
- Smiling seamstress in Sasebo, Japan
- Sewing
- Photograph of smiling seamstress taken in 1945 in Sasebo, Japan.
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- Oral history interview with Mark D. Levine recorded 2006 Jan. 18
- United States. Army -- Military life; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal Narratives, American; Military nursing;
- Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst. Mark D. Levine joined the U.S. Army in 1981, at the age of 31. He was a ninth grade Physical Education teacher at the time, but he had grown up in a military environment, and decided that the education and...
- Veterans History Project
- Synopsis of oral history interview with Ernest Rettig
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers;
- Typed synopsis of video interview with Ernest Rettig conducted by Marcy Cain.
- Veterans History Project
- Robert August's LST-504 crew 1945
- United States. Navy;
- Robert August's LST-504 crew 1945
- Veterans History Project
- 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 Ernest Rettig recorded on 2009 May 19
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers;
- Interview conducted by Marcy Cain. Ernest Rettig was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1942. He was sent to basic training in Camp Blanding, Fla. He was set to be a part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. After his regular army training, he was...
- Veterans History Project
- Oral history interview with Joseph R. Horanzy recorded 2007 June 19
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe; United States. Army Air Corps; Fighter plane combat; B-24 bomber; Military missions;
- Interview conducted by Shawn Ingraham. Joseph Horanzy enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943. He was part of the infantry for nine months before becoming a member of the Army Air Corps, where he underwent training to become a ball turret gunner....
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- Oral history interview with Katherine V. Tierney Leahy recorded on 2005 Oct. 8
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women; Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945; Military nursing -- United States -- History; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews;
- Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst. Katherine Leahy enlisted in the U.S. Navy, as a nurse in 1934. She lived in Bridgeport, CT at the time. Before joining the Navy she was a registered nurse working in a public hospital. She graduated with...
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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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- 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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- United States Cemetery with flag lowered to half staff, Guam n.d.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; Guam; Military graves -- Guam; Cemeteries -- Guam;
- United States Cemetery with flag lowered to half staff, Guam n.d.
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- Navy Nurse Bernadette Terry (left foreground) and Army Nurse (right) dancing during opening night at Officer’s Club VJ-17. 1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; United States -- Armed Forces -- Officers' clubs; Guam; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women;
- Navy Nurse Bernadette Terry (left foreground) and Army Nurse (right) dancing during opening night at Officer’s Club VJ-17. 1945
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- A group of Navy nurses leaving St. Albans, NY for San Diego 1944
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women; Military nurses; United States. Navy Nurse Corps;
- Katherine (far right) with a group of Navy nurses leaving St. Albans, NY for San Diego 1944
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- Katherine Tierney Leahy in nursing uniform 1944 - 1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women; Military nurses; United States. Navy Nurse Corps; Military uniforms;
- Katherine in nursing uniform 1944 - 1945
- Veterans History Project