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circa 1941
Unknown
[Burning aircraft carrier flying American flag]
Color image of a burning aircraft carrier flying American flag. Additional American vessel in foreground. Japanese text in caption on right hand side.
GLC09552.09
8 December 1941
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1901-1989)
Declaration of War against the United States and Britain [in Japanese]
Imperial rescript of the Declaration of War declared on the United States and Great Britain on the Japanese date 16th year of Showa, 12th month. " ... we, the emperor, have now declared war upon the United States of America and Great Britain. The...
GLC01415
14 July 1944
Weiner, Morris "Moe" (1909-1988)
to Sylvia Weiner
Moe is surprised that Sylvia's father is keeping her brother in the dark about his condition. He writes that he hopes the American public will wake up now and realize they are at war. He is glad the Warsaw battle did not go unnoticed.
GLC09414.1140
30 November 1943
Moe writes about the meeting of British American Circle whose job it is to foster good relations between the American soldiers and the British people.
GLC09414.0838
7 December 1943
Moe described the British American Circle meeting he attended and recounts a presentation given by Prof Newell, an American who has been living in England for 12 years.
GLC09414.0849
26 September 1942
Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)
to Estelle Spero
Diamond describes a visit by South American dignitaries.
GLC09120.108
circa. early summer 1942
Letter written while Diamond is on guard duty. Discusses differences between the treatment of black and white soldiers. Diamond mentions that he is being trained as a communications and staff man, and what this role will entail. He also outlines...
GLC09120.040
27 April 1945
Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008)
to Morris "Moe" Weiner
Sylvia heard that the American allies and the Russians have met.
GLC09414.0580
24 December 1943
Moe reports that last evening they went by truck to a town to celebrate the Festival of the Maccabees, or Chanukah. There were American and British soldiers participating and the ceremonies were presided over by an American and British chaplain.
GLC09414.0872
9 August 1945
Moe just heard the news that Russia will be entering the war. With their entry and the atomic bomb, it is a dead certainty the war will end soon.
GLC09414.1474
23 October 1944
Sylvia mentions Russia's role in the war.
GLC09414.0418
10 August 1945
to "Moe" Weiner
Sylvia notes the end of the war.
GLC09414.0667
6 June 1943
Ben, who had been overseas, told them about how cocky the German prisoners of war were and that they were going to win the war and bomb New York City. Reports to him about family and how much she misses him.
GLC09414.0059
20 October 1944
Sylvia discusses a Post War Planning Meeting she attended.
GLC09414.0415
5 August 1945
Sylvia explains the kind of work she is currently doing with American citizens who return to their native countries, like the Japanese-Americans they are currently caring for.
GLC09414.0662
18 July 1944
Moe thinks back to how the war began. When reports of Italian and German intervention first came out, everyone cried "Propaganda." He laments the fact that if only proper steps could have been taken at the proper time, the war could have been...
GLC09414.1144
1 January 1944
Moe asks Sylvia to think back to New Year's Day 1937 when Chiang Kai-Shek was kidnapped. No one knew that later that year the war with Japan would start. It was "one of the unexpected milestones" to war and to his being there.
GLC09414.0899
8 August 1944
Sylvia talks of politics from America to Europe, including Russia's role in the war.
GLC09414.0346
26 December 1944
Sylvia writes that she is worried by all the news she reads about the war.
GLC09414.0475
Responds to a series of comments that Estelle had raised in a previous letter. Speaks about a "friend" of Sidney's who has attempted to date Estelle. Also discusses another friend who did not enlist and managed to acquire $2000 somehow. Instructs...
GLC09120.042
9 June 1942
Discusses the chore of guarding the guardhouse, and the lack of US military success in the war so far.
GLC09120.029
27 July 1942
Diamond describes his day to Estelle, which has consisted of a lecture concerned with military discipline and courtesy, a session on first aid, a sessopn relating to the identification of American and German aircrafts and a session on drilling.
GLC09120.076
4 January 1939
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
[State of the Union Message]
Signed at end, inscribed to Lillian Wald, and signed at top of first page. Speech to Congress warns of the impending war and mentions his worries that fascism and war might attack freedom of religion. "Storms from abroad directly challenge three...
GLC03181.01
2 October 1944
Sylvia describes English, Chinese, and Russian War Relief debt items. She also responds to Moe's letters.
GLC09414.0399
16 August 1945
Sylvia describes the revelry that is taking place now that the war is over. This letter is missing pages
GLC09414.0671
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