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Title	Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Joseph R. O'Donnell, 2003 July 07
Personal name	O'Donnell, Joe (Joseph Roger), 1922- --Interviews
Corporate name	Veterans History Project (U.S.) United States. Marine Corps--Interviews
Topical entry	Military History World War II World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Tennessee--Nashville Veterans--Tennessee--Interviews World War, 1939-1945--Photography World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Japan Atomic bomb--Japan--Blast effect Photographers--Interviews
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--Description and travel Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945
Description	An excerpt from an oral history interview with Joseph R. O'Donnell, conducted on 7 July 2003 by Robert P. Richardson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. As a Marine photographer, O'Donnell was assigned to overseas duty in the Pacific theater, where he took pictures of the two cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, just after the atomic bomb blasts. In this excerpt, O'Donnell discusses the view from a hilltop overlooking Nagasaki. The complete interview, as well as a transcript, is available in the repository.
Creator	O'Donnell, Joe (Joseph Roger), 1922- (Interviewee); Richardson, Robert Price, 1926- (Interviewer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Contributors	James, Carolyn (Transcriber)
Date	2003-07-07
Type	Sound; Oral histories
Format	audio/mp3 (344 KB; 22 sec.)
Identifier	VHPODonnelJ1aclip1
Source	Excerpted from: VHPODonnellJ (VHP tapes 169 & 170) audio cassette recording converted to mp3 format in 2006.
Language	English
Relation	Veterans History Project collection, World War II series
Coverage	2000-2009
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks-VHPODonnellJ