Page Thirty-Eight, Scrapbook, 1942-1945
Dublin Core
Title
Page Thirty-Eight, Scrapbook, 1942-1945
Subject
World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations, American
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns & battles--Americans--Japan.
Atomic bomb--Japan
Description
Page thirty-eight, narrative text, “After the Okinawa action, the Gage proceeded to Saipan and took a load of Japanese prisoners to Pearl Harbor. From Hawaii we came back to San Francisco in time for the opening ceremonies of the first session of the United Nations Organization in May 1945.
From San Francisco we carried Army troops out to Ulithi in the Carolines; then visited Manila, Batangas and Tacloban in the Philippine Isands. It was very hot there in June and we were glad to be sent down to Finchhaven near the southern tip of New Guinea where we found old friends in a hospital unit from Cleveland.
We brought a geodetic survey unit from New Guinea back to Manila, arriving July 9th when it was hotter than ever. July 14th we left Manila for the States, arriving at San Francisco Aug. 2nd. We were sent to Seattle Navy Yard for repairs and there we were when the bomb fell and the war was over.
It was hard to leave the States after the victory was won but as soon as our repairs were finished we proceeded to Tinian in the Marianas and loaded with part of the Second Marine Division which we took to Nagasaki. These were the first troops landed in Japan for the occupation. It was thilling to sail unopposed into enemy territory but appalling to view the frightful devastation caused by the Atomic bomb. We were restricted from going ashore there as there was believed to be some danger from radiation."
From San Francisco we carried Army troops out to Ulithi in the Carolines; then visited Manila, Batangas and Tacloban in the Philippine Isands. It was very hot there in June and we were glad to be sent down to Finchhaven near the southern tip of New Guinea where we found old friends in a hospital unit from Cleveland.
We brought a geodetic survey unit from New Guinea back to Manila, arriving July 9th when it was hotter than ever. July 14th we left Manila for the States, arriving at San Francisco Aug. 2nd. We were sent to Seattle Navy Yard for repairs and there we were when the bomb fell and the war was over.
It was hard to leave the States after the victory was won but as soon as our repairs were finished we proceeded to Tinian in the Marianas and loaded with part of the Second Marine Division which we took to Nagasaki. These were the first troops landed in Japan for the occupation. It was thilling to sail unopposed into enemy territory but appalling to view the frightful devastation caused by the Atomic bomb. We were restricted from going ashore there as there was believed to be some danger from radiation."
Creator
Fisher, James Lee
Date
1942-1945
Is Part Of
The James Lee and Ethel M. Fisher Family Archives, AV2021.4
Format
jpeg
Extent
1 scrapbook page
Type
image
Identifier
D2021-COPY-0805-0040
Rights Holder
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Scrapbook
Physical Dimensions
10 x 12 inches
Citation
Fisher, James Lee, “Page Thirty-Eight, Scrapbook, 1942-1945,” John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 25, 2024, https://rocklib.omeka.net/items/show/5430.