Photos, Datelines & Captions for use with the Picturing The War In The Pacific Lesson Plan
Evidence Strips for use with the Atomic Bombs Lesson Plan
Scenario Cards for use with the Strategic Decision Making Lesson Plan
In this excerpt, William Lansford describes his experiences running reconnaissance and engaging the enemy on Iwo Jima.
Rosemarie Hoyt Weber was imprisoned along with her mother at San Tomás Internment Camp for three years by the Japanese when they invaded the Philippines. In this excerpt, Weber describes life as a civilian prisoner of war at San Tomás.
When the USS <em>Franklin</em> arrived near the island of Okinawa, US forces learned just how fiercely the Japanese would defend their territory.
This June 1942 battle started out disastrously for the US Navy. Once American pilots spotted the Japanese fleet, however, they were able to deal a crippling blow to the enemy, making Midway a real turning point in the Pacific theater.
In this excerpt, Grant Ichikawa (US Army) recalls serving as an interpreter and convincing a group of Japanese soldiers to surrender at the end of the war.
Physicist Lawrence Johnston describes witnessing the world's first detonation of an atomic bomb - the Trinity test - in New Mexico in July 1945.
