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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Joseph R. O'Donnell, 2003 July 07
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Description
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
.
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