WORLD WAR II 1941 - 1945

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WORLD WAR II1941 - 1945

• PORTRAIT OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

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From 1939 1945, the world went to war. In
all, over 50 countries were involved contributing
more than 80 million soldiers. The conflict
included 16 million Americans. In all, 410,000
Americans were killed in places never before
known in America like Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, and
Okinawa. Known as the Greatest Generation
these events shaped them. These are their
stories.
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A day that will live in infamy

• On Sunday, December 7, 1941, the Pacific
  Fleet was attacked by Japanese forces. The
  attacking planes came in two waves the first hit
  its target at 753 AM, the second at 855. By
  955 it was all over, and by 100 PM the carriers
  that launched the planes from 274 miles off the
  coast of Oahu were heading back to Japan.

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Behind them they left chaos 2,403 dead, 188
destroyed planes and a crippled Pacific Fleet
that included 8 damaged or destroyed battleships.
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The battleships moored along Battleship
Row were the primary target of the attacks
first wave. Ten minutes after the beginning of
the attack, a bomb crashed through the Arizonas
deck. The explosion ripped through the ships
sides, and she sank within minutes taking 1.300
lives with her. One sailor aboard the Arizona at
the time was Marine Corporal E.C. Nightingale.
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Battleship Row
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The Longest Day

• The Allied invasion of Hitlers Fortress
  Europe began in the early morning hours of June
  6, 1944, when American and British paratroopers
  were dropped behind the intended invasion beaches
  along the Normandy coast of France. At dawn, the
  sea invasion began as an Allied Invasion of 5
  beaches. The U.S. targets Utah and Omaha
  Beaches.

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Some 50,000 U.S. troops stormed the beaches.
By the end of the day, the Allies had achieved a
tenuous toehold that would be slowly expanded
over the next weeks ultimately leading to the
Nazi defeat along the Western Front. One
soldier involved in that first wave was a 21 year
old paratrooper from Toledo, Ohio. His name was
Albert Hassenzahl.
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Albert M. Hassenzahl

• Albert M. Hassenzahl Albert Hassenzahl, age
  21.War World War II, 1939-1946Branch ArmyUnit
   C Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute
  Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne
  DivisionService Location Camp Livingston,
  Louisiana Officer Candidate School (OCS) and
  Jump School, Fort Benning, Georgia England
  Normandy, France Holland (Operation Market
  Garden) Bastogne, Belgium GermanyRank Captain
  Place of Birth Toledo, OH

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Women Do Their Part While
soldiers were fighting throughout Europe, it
became important to develop some way to intercept
enemy information a new machine was being
invented and being used in Dayton, Ohio.
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This new equipment, called the Enigma machine,
was developed by an Oakwood man, Frank Desch.
Under tight security, Building 26 at NCR was
being turned in to a top secret location. WAVES
from all over the U. S. were coming to Dayton and
staying in housing known as Sugar Camp.
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Each day the WAVES would march down the hill
to Building 26. Over time, this workforce grew
from 100 to 2,000 workers. One of these
women was Joan Precht.
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REGULATIONS
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ENIGMA MACHINE
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Flags of our Fathers One
of the bloodiest battle of the Pacific Theater
was the little known island of Iwo Jima. This
battle began in February 19, 1945 and lasted
until March 26, 1945. Also known as the
Operation Detachment, the purpose of this battle
was to push the Japanese navy closer to their
homeland.
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While not an extremely long campaign, it
was a very costly one in loss of life. The
Japanese were dug into underground tunnels and
fought fiercely. At the end of the campaign
American Marine dead or wounded numbered over
26,000. Japanese dead numbered over 18,000 but
only 216 were ever captured and taken prisoner.
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One of the most memorable events of World
War II was the raising of the flag at Mount
Suribachi. Listen to Cpl. Charles W. Lindbergs
account of this now famous event.
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Raising of the first flag
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Oh my god, what have we done?

• After 6 months of bombings in Japan and a
  refused ultimatum, Harry S. Truman signed an
  executive order to unleash a secret weapon on a
  Japanese city. A well known pilot, Paul Warfield
  Tibbets was chosen to command the mission.
• He had begun training in 1944 for such a
  mission in Utah as part of the 105th Composite
  Mission in connection with the Manhattan Project.

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On August 5th, Tibbets officially named
B-29 bomber 44-86292, the Enola Gay after his
mother. Then on August 6th at 245 AM, this
famous mission left Tinian in the Marianas
Islands carrying just one bomb. At 815 AM the
plane reached its destination of Hiroshima. The
bomb, Little Boy was dropped and history was
changed forever.
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Its Over !!!!

• For four years our young Americans fought
  bravely along side of our Allies throughout the
  world. On May 8, 1945, the European Theater had
  ended signaling VE Day. While there were
  celebrations at the end of Nazi occupation in
  Europe, they were tempered by the realities of
  work yet to be done in the Pacific.

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Then finally on August 14, 1945, the long
awaited news of Japans surrender filled the
airwaves VJ Day. It was finally over.
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Next year we will celebrate the 70th
anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Our young soldiers
of World War II have now become the elderly
population in their 80s and 90s.
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We are losing this generation at a rate of
more than 7,000 every week. Let us take the
opportunity to save and share their amazing
stories while they are here to tell them.
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Dedicated to the men and women of World War II.