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ERIC Number: EJ423740
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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"I Was There": A Young Sailor's Account of the Occupation of Japan.
Loeffelbein, Bob
New England Journal of History, v47 n2 p19-28 Fall 1990
Reprints portions of a sailor's diary, kept for two-and-a-half years during World War II. The 21-year-old quartermaster writes about his life on the USS Grimes; hearing of the war's official end; his ship's peaceful landing in Tokyo Bay; and his experiences in Nagasaki in September 1945. (CH)
Descriptors: Diaries, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Nuclear Warfare, Primary Sources, Secondary Education, Social Studies, United States History, World War II
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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