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Life Magazine 8 October 1945 General Eichelbuger & Buddha 10/8/45: Life Magazine 8 October 1945 General Eichelbuger & Buddha 10/8/45, Time Life Inc.
10/8/45

Life Magazine 8 October 1945 General Eichelbuger & Buddha- Some of the contents of this Life Magazine are: -Guggenheim New York Art Museum by Frank L. Wright, Tokyo Express to Hiroshima-train ride, baseball pennant finish, Jewish new year's in Berlin, Bambi Linn dances in Carousel on Broadway, Pacific War by artists, German prisoners of war youth taught democracy, fur hats, The House on 92nd Street-movie, The Waldorf-Astoria-hotel, J. Arthur Rank-English millionaire in movie business, Judy Garland Max Factor ad, Texas raises 1st US crop of silk The magazine is complete and in good to very good condition. -We stock over 10,000 Life, Look, Post, Collier's, People, Time, and other magazines! They are a wonderful gift for Birthdays, holidays, Reunions, and other special events! If there is a PHOTO ICON next to this listing, please click on it to see an example of the cover of this magazine.

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Pellegrino, Charles. The Last Train from Hiroshima The Survivors Look Back. Henry Holt and Co., 2010.
Clean, crisp, as new condition. ; John MacRae Books; 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.4 Inches; <P><B>Drawing on the voices of atomic-bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever</B></P><P><I>Last Train from Hiroshima</I> offers readers a stunning "you are there" time capsule, gracefully wrapped in elegant prose. Charles Pellegrino's scientific authority and close relationship with the A-bomb's survivors make his account the most gripping and authoritative ever written. </P><P>At the narrative's core are eyewitness accounts of those who experienced the atomic explosions firsthand-the Japanese civilians on the ground and the American flyers in the air. Thirty people are known to have fled Hiroshima for Nagasaki-where they arrived just in time to survive the second bomb. One of them, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, is the only person who experienced the full effects of the cataclysm at ground zero both times. The second time, the blast effects were diverted around the stairwell in which Yamaguchi had been standing, placing him and a few others in a shock coccoon that offered protection, while the entire building disappeared around them.</P><P>Pellegrino weaves spellbinding stories together within an illustrated narrative that challenges the "official report," showing exactly what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki-and why. </P>. 978-0805087963.

First, Hardcover, As New in Fine dust jacket.

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GENERAL (GENE) GRAZZINI: ARCHIVE LOT OF DOCUMENTS, DIARY, EPHEMERA AND ARTIFACTS RELATIVE TO SERVICE IN WWII AND POST WAR OCCUPIED JAPAN INCLUDING ADS BY PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN, Japan, USA 1935 ; weicher Einband / soft cover
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Super archive lot of WWII ephemera and documents including soldier's diary and memorabilia from 1935 to 1955. Serving in IE SHIMA JAPAN and includes a signed document letter From Harry Truman. For your consideration, artifacts of historical significance from a Brookfield, Illinois estate. Meet "Gene Grazzini" full name "General", born 1919, served in the Armed Forces 1944 - 1946. (Due to the extensive amount detail, I will am describing the contents as items 1 thru 8. Item 1 - Folder and mailing envelope (as found) containing all the memorabilia included in this auction. The detailed map on the cover was hand drawn by Gene. Map is titled "51 Days Aboard The U.S.A. T. Aconcagua - Seattle to Ie Shima. Map depicts a U.S. soldier surrounded by battle ships, bombers, aiming fire at Japan. Gene appears to have been somewhat of an amateur artist specializing in "line ink" drawings. Map is intricately detailed, very good condition, measures 8.5 x 11". Item 2- Pencil and ink drawings done by Gene during his high school years, signed and dated by Gene 1935/36. The four ink drawings are titled and identified by authors: Christmas Eve by Christopher Morley, The World Is Full of Roads by Lucy Spraque Mitchell, Woodland Whispers by Clinton Scollard, The Fishermen by John Greenleaf Whittier. Also included is a pencil drawing of Geoffrey Chaucer who wrote The Canterbury Tales. Item 3 - 4 Documents: 1) 9 page, manually typed day by day personal diary (written by Gene) of Gene's departure from Washington to Japan. Excerpt from first page: Then came the great day May 30, 1945, Memorial Day. We piled all our stuff in duffel bags and full-field packs and lined them up in platoon formation in the usual falling-out area. Around 1000 hrs. we picked up our packs, rifles, steel helmets and took off for the train. An unforgettable sight during that long march was the long train of cars carrying the wives of some of the men. They edged along with the men and the tears flowed as they got that one last look at their soldier-husbands. They waved and threw kisses until we finally started moving to the tune of "Don't Fence Me In" played by the Fort Lewis military band. We completed the 50 mile trip to Fort Lawton, Washington, our Port of Embarkation. This was IT. Remaining 8 pages speak of his time aboard ship, Seattle to Honolulu. 2) Gene's Personal IE SHIMA DAIRY - Manually typed 27 pages ( each page is typed front and back). Beginning January 24th ending Sept. 2. This diary is rich in very detailed historical encounters with the enemy! Excerpts: April 4 - Sixth Marine Division moves onto Motobu peninsula, 4000 yards off Ie Shima, thereby denying the peninsula as a support position for Ie Shima resistance. April 16 - Terrific aerial and navel bombardment was laid on Ie Shima from 0730 to 0800. At 0801 the 305th and 306th U.S. Infantry Regiments landed on Green and on Red One and Two beaches. The Japs opened fire with rifles and machine-gun's....................3) The Battle of Okinawa dated Feb. 12, 1946 written by Sgt. H. Goodhew. OPERATION ICEBERG - 5 page (manually typed, front and back of each page) documentation by a Sgt. including hand drawn map & documentation of bombardments by day, Japs final retreat. 4) FINAL SOUVENIR EDITION NEWSLETTER by USS Adm. Rodman, Monday May 13th, 1946, 25th Day Out. Back side of newsletter shows a map titled "Cruise of the U.S.S. Admiral Hugh Rodman - Trip Mileage: Okinawa to Hawaii 4104, Hawaii to Balboa 4483, Balboa to Colon 48, Colon to New York 1974. Front of newsletter sends Good Luck and thank you to the soldiers. Photo 4 - Seven of Gene's personnel documents from the Armed Forces: 1.Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, Brigadier General U.S. - Congratulatory Letter upon completion of military mission. 2.Application For Servicemen's Readjustment Allowance 3/4.Gene's Honorable Discharge Certificate/Documentation (Negatives of originals). 5. Commendation Certificate Oct. 18, 1945, for especially meritorious and outstanding service with Army Garrison Force. 6/7. Selective Service System 1946 Welcome Home Veteran letter & insurance coverage. Item 5 - Signed, authentic letter addressed to Gene from the White House, signed by Harry Truman. Excerpt: "To you who answered the call of your country and served in its Armed Forces to bring about the total defeat of the enemy, I extend the heartfelt thanks of a grateful Nation. Certificate is in excellent condition. Items 6 & 7 - Hand drawn artwork by Gene: includes his own Christmas card templates "Holiday Greetings From Ie Shima", Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Yuletide Greetings depicting a Hawaiian Island, Merry Christmas From Ie Shima 1945 with Gene's rendition of Donald Duck and Donald's nephew. Two sheets of military stationery "A World Apart, United In Heart, Seasons Greetings 1945/46. Item 8 - 1955 Gene's continued dedication to his country, 8 x 10" black and white photos of V.F.W. dedications/parades. No Jacket Original Wraps 8 x 5 Inches Manuscript

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Zinn, Howard: YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF OUR TIMES, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Beacon Press 1995
0807070599 Very Good Condiion

By any standards, Howard Zinn has led a remarkable life as teacher, writer, and social activist, a life in which those three categories are viewed not as compartmentalized tasks but as part of a unified identity. You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, a title taken from his advice to students about his take on American history and current events, is a powerful testament to that life. It begins with his 1956 acceptance of a teaching post at Atlanta's Spelman College, a school for black women that would soon be caught up in the civil rights movement. Zinn, who had already been radicalized on the streets of Brooklyn as a teenager, got caught up along with his students (who included the future head of the Children's Defense Fund, Marian Wright Edelman, and author Alice Walker), and was kicked out in 1963 for "insubordination." He moved to Boston University, where he became an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War, and would prove a constant thorn in the side of university president John Silber throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Zinn writes in plain language that brooks no nonsense when it speaks of moral urgency, but he isn't above a sense of humor. Noting that the FBI was watching him constantly during the war era, he wryly observes that, "I have grown to depend on them for accurate reports on my speeches." Individual scenes leap out at the reader: Zinn's horror when he realized, years after WWII, that he had dropped napalm bombs on German troops; a meeting in a college classroom with the sister and parents of one of the victims of the Kent State massacre; Selma, Alabama, police beating blacks attempting to register to vote while federal agents stand by and do nothing. Through it all, Zinn writes, "I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage, sacrifice, patience." --Ron Hogan From Publishers Weekly Noted left-wing historian Zinn ( A People's History of the United States ) believes that activism and education are inextricable, and his memoir illuminates a well-engaged life. Teaching at Atlanta's Spelman College in the early days of the civil rights movement, he found allies in principled students like Marian Wright (now Edelman) and budding writer Alice Walker. He advised SNCC in Selma, Ala. <p><B> He volunteered to fight the Nazis but, after Hiroshima, developed a skeptical pacifism he further exercised as a passionate opponent of the Vietnam War. Zinn's narrative is oddly disjointed: not until late in the book does he recount his youth in the slums of Brooklyn, his discovery of Dickens, Marx and Steinbeck and his post-WW II years as a laborer and a 27-year-old college freshman. If Zinn is a bit Pollyannish, he's also inspirational, arguing that, because much has changed in history, "We can be surprised again. Indeed, we can do the surprising." Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Paperback 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches

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