Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Engineer aviation battalion photographs
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Engineer aviation battalion photographs
- Date
- 1945, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.01 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Photography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
- Capitulations, Military.
- Arrangement
- The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.
- Preferred Citation
- 2009ms132.0618: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Engineer aviation battalion photographs, 1945, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- No information available on battalion photographer.
- American Letters collector Wade Hall (1934-2015) was a native of Union Springs, Alabama. Starting in 1962, he lived in Louisville, where he taught English and chaired the English and Humanities/Arts programs at Kentucky Southern College and Bellarmine University. He also taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida. He held degrees from Troy State University (B.S.), the University of Alabama (M.A.), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D.). He served for two years in the U.S. Army in the mid-fifties. Dr. Hall was the author of books, monographs, articles, plays, and reviews relating to Kentucky, Alabama, and Southern history and literature. His most recent books include A Visit with Harlan Hubbard; High Upon a Hill: A History of Bellarmine College; A Song in Native Pastures: Randy Atcher's Life in Country Music; and Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge.
- Scope and Content
- The Engineer aviation battalion photographs (dated 1945, undated; 0.01 cubic feet; 26 photographs) comprises pictures that document Japan at the end of World War II. The images depict ruins from battles, the damage done to buildings and shrines, how locals are continuing to live in those areas, and glimpses of Allied occupation. Two images show the surrender of Japanese forces in the Ryukyu Islands by Lieutenant General Toshiro Nomi and acceptance by Allied forces.
- The Engineer aviation battalion photographs collection is part of the Wade Hall Collection of American Letters, which includes correspondence and diaries from all over North America covering the time period of the Civil to Korean Wars. The materials were collected by Wade Hall and document everyday men and women.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Unidentified persons clearing field of debris, undated
View of war-damaged Shinto shrine, undated
View of military tents from a distance, undated
Beached ship on debris filled beach, undated
Unknown building, undated
Unidentified soldier outside building with Kanji sign above door, undated
Abandoned ship on debris filled beach, undated
Unknown building, undated
View down dirt road, undated
Four unidentified white men in military uniforms under sign reading: "1949th ENGR AVN Utilities Company" with Army Corps of Engineers and Eights Air Force insignia on it, undated
Surrender of Japanese forces in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945 September 7
Surrender of Japanese forces in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945 September 7
Shinto shrine, undated
Unidentified Japanese man resting on a cart, undated
Hall filled with seated unidentified men, undated
Heavily damaged building, undated
Unidentified Japanese man with helmet bearing the letter "P" on it, undated
Frame of unknown metal structure, undated
Damaged Shinto shrine, undated
Aerial view of Japanese village, undated
Rubble and debris of damaged buildings, undated
Damaged shrine, undated
Heavily damaged ships in water, undated
Two unidentified persons and a horse pulling a cart, undated
Troops on ship, undated
Troops on ship, undated
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