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Created / Published: 29 June 1943
Subject Headings: -  Japan
-  Presidents
-  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) (1882-1945)
-  Alamogordo (N.M.)
-  Atomic bomb
-  Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
-  Manhattan Project (U.S.)
-  Nagasaki-shi (Japan)
-  Oppenheimer, J. Robert (1904-1967)
-  Physicists
-  Scientists
-  Manuscripts
Genre: Manuscripts
Notes: -  Reproduction number: A70 (color slide; pages 1-2)
-  In the midst of World War II when the United States was engaged abroad in a major conflict with Germany and Japan, it was also working furiously at home toward the completion of the Manhattan Project. This huge research and development project was begun in June 1942 to develop a superexplosive weapon based on the nuclear fission process. It was hoped that such a superweapon would end the war. Two years before such an experimental atomic bomb was detonated successfully near Alamogordo, New Mexico, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) wrote to J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), the scientist in charge of its development. In this otherwise oblique note of confidence and appreciation, Roosevelt's understanding of the project's significance is made perfectly clear, and he ends his letter with an upbeat morale- booster, suggesting that American science is up to anything the enemy can offer. His confidence was proven justified, as the United States followed its experimental detonation of 16 July 1945 by dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (6 August 1945) and Nagasaki (9 August 1945), resulting shortly thereafter in Japan's surrender.
Repository: Manuscript Division

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Created / Published: 29 June 1943
Subject Headings: -  Japan
-  Presidents
-  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) (1882-1945)
-  Alamogordo (N.M.)
-  Atomic bomb
-  Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
-  Manhattan Project (U.S.)
-  Nagasaki-shi (Japan)
-  Oppenheimer, J. Robert (1904-1967)
-  Physicists
-  Scientists
-  Manuscripts
Genre: Manuscripts
Notes: -  Reproduction number: A70 (color slide; pages 1-2)
-  In the midst of World War II when the United States was engaged abroad in a major conflict with Germany and Japan, it was also working furiously at home toward the completion of the Manhattan Project. This huge research and development project was begun in June 1942 to develop a superexplosive weapon based on the nuclear fission process. It was hoped that such a superweapon would end the war. Two years before such an experimental atomic bomb was detonated successfully near Alamogordo, New Mexico, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) wrote to J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), the scientist in charge of its development. In this otherwise oblique note of confidence and appreciation, Roosevelt's understanding of the project's significance is made perfectly clear, and he ends his letter with an upbeat morale- booster, suggesting that American science is up to anything the enemy can offer. His confidence was proven justified, as the United States followed its experimental detonation of 16 July 1945 by dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (6 August 1945) and Nagasaki (9 August 1945), resulting shortly thereafter in Japan's surrender.
Repository: Manuscript Division

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Contributor Names: Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Albert Kahn Associated Architects and Engineers
U.S. Air Force
Glenn L. Martin Company
Lockheed Martin Company
Lockheed Aircraft Company
Lueninghoener, Ed
National Park Service Intermountain Support Office
Svenson, Gene
Coburn, Jean
Created / Published: Documentation compiled after 1968
Subject Headings: -  war (World War II)
-  aircraft industry
-  military aircraft
-  assembly plants
-  Nebraska -- Sarpy County -- Bellevue
Notes: -  Significance: In 1940, as the United States faced the prospect of its entry into World War II, the War Department authorized four new aircraft assembly plants, including the bomber plant built at Fort Crook (Offutt Airfield) near Bellevue, Nebraska. Built by Glenn L. Martin Company, the Aircraft Manufacturing and Assembly Building (commonly known as Building "D" or Facility 301) is the largest and most significant building within the Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska Bomber Plant, which included seventeen structures and two main runways. The structure is best remembered for the production of heavy bombers, including the B-26C (Martin Marauder) and B-29 (Boeing Superfortress), which were used with effectiveness during World War II. By the end of 1944, the facility was manufacturing more than fifty B-29s per month, including the secretly assembled and specifically equipped bombers Enola Gay and Bock's Car used to deliver and drop the world's first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The aircraft assembly building is also significant for its association with Glenn L. Martin and the aviation company he founded. The Glenn L. Martin Company, renamed Lockheed Martin in 1995 after its merger with Lockheed Aircraft Company, designed the first mechanized conveyor system used to assemble the B-29. Noted modern industrialist architect Albert Kahn designed the enormous utilitarian structure, which measured 900' long and 600' wide when completed in 1941. Building "D" is one of the most important works of engineering and architecture in Nebraska and one of the most historically significant World War II era buildings in the United States.
-  Survey number: HAER NE-9-R
-  Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

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Created / Published: [Before Aug. 6, 1945]
Subject Headings: -  World War, 1939-1945--Air operations--American--Japan--Hiroshima-shi
-  Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--1940-1950
Notes: -  Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946.
-  New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.
-  Official U.S. Army photo.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: cph 3c13495 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c13495

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Created / Published: 1946 Jun 26.
Subject Headings: -  World War, 1939-1945--Air operations--American--Japan--Hiroshima-shi
-  War damage--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--1940-1950
-  Nuclear weapons--1940-1950
-  Aerial bombings--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--1940-1950
-  Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--1940-1950
Notes: -  New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.
-  Official U.S. Army photo.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: cph 3c13494 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c13494

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Created / Published: [1945]
Subject Headings: -  World War, 1939-1945--Air operations--American--Japan--Hiroshima-shi
-  Atomic bombs--American--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--1940-1950
-  Aerial bombings--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--1940-1950
-  Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945
Genre: Gelatin silver prints--1940-1950
Notes: -  Title from item.
-  "Official photograph furnished by Headquarters, A.A.F. AC/AS-2" stamped on back of print.
-  "If published credit U.S. Army, A.A.F. photo" stamped on back of print.
-  Photo number: A-58914 AC.
-  Forms part of the National Committee on Atomic Information records at the Library of Congress.
-  PR 13 CN 1995:068 (1 AA size box)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ds 10871 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.10871

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Newspaper: Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1945-08-12/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1945&index=1&rows=20...
Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1945-08-12/ed-1/seq-5.pdf

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Created / Published: [1945]
Subject Headings: -  Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945
-  War damage--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--1940-1950
-  World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--American--Japan--Hiroshima-shi
Genre: Aerial views--1940-1950
Gelatin silver prints--1940-1950
Notes: -  Title from item.
-  Official U.S. Army photo.
-  Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946.
-  Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
-  Published in: "War" chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: cph 3c34192 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c34192

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Newspaper: Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1945-09-13/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1945&index=13&rows=2...
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PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1945-09-13/ed-1/seq-2.pdf

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Created / Published: 1945 August 14.
Subject Headings: -  V-J Day, 1945
-  World War, 1939-1945--Peace--New York (State)--New York
-  Italian Americans--Social life--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950
-  Victory celebrations--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950
Genre: Gelatin silver prints--1940-1950
Notes: -  Title taken from news agency caption on item.
-  Associated Press photograph.
-  No. 23124C.
-  Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
-  Published in: "War" chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: cph 3c35620 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c35620

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Summary: Photograph shows Navy personnel, seamen, Japanese officers, and media aboard the U.S.S. "Missouri" in Tokyo Bay watching the signing of the Japanese surrender document by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu while Gen. Douglas MacArthur broadcasts the ceremony.
Contributor Names: United States. Navy, photographer
Created / Published: 1945 Sept. 2.
Subject Headings: -  Shigemitsu, Mamoru,--1887-1957
-  MacArthur, Douglas,--1880-1964--Military service
-  World War, 1939-1945--Armistices--Japan--Tokyo Bay
-  World War, 1939-1945--Surrenders--Japanese--Japan--Tokyo Bay
-  Document signings--Japan--Tokyo Bay--1940-1950
Genre: Photographic prints--1940-1950
Notes: -  Official U.S. Navy photo.
-  Title from item.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: cph 3a21558 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a21558