1945-08-09, Frank to Parents

Authors

• Frank A. Colbert

Files

Document Type

Letter

Publication Date

8-9-1945

Subject Terms

World War, 1939-1945; Pacific Area; Atomic bomb; Nuclear weapons; Bombings; Atomic bomb--History; Atomic bom--United States--History; Nuclear weaoons--United States--History; Nuclear weapons--United States; Nuclear weapons--History; Bombing, Aerial--Japan; Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History; World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima-shi; Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945; Hiroshima Bay (Japan); Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945; Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History; Soviet Union--Military relations--United States; Soviet Union--History, Military; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Soviet Union

Summary

Sgt. Colbert expresses his perspectives of the Soviet Union declaring war on Japan and the U.S. dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima, Japan. He wrote the letter on the day the same day the U.S. dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.

Identifier

1945-08-09_Colbert_Frank_A._WWII_Letter-2019.177.w.r-005

Recommended Citation

Colbert, Frank A., "1945-08-09, Frank to Parents" (1945). Frank A. Colbert Second World War correspondence. 5.
https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/facolbert_correspondence/5

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