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The war has ended. Japan has surrendered! Nip Sub Sinks Cruiser carrying atom bomb lead 883 people were killed.

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http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/magazine/article/117767758
This is an article from 75 years ago. A diary from one of the pilots. It shows the conversation of the men at the meeting. They are talking about pearl harbor. Plublished By Clarence E. Dickinson, USN, with Boyden Sparkes Originally published October 10,1942.

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The Mighty Eight

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recognition to the USAAF.

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35 percent of Americas total investment in equipment and munitions in war

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a fighter plane during world war 2

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September 2,1945,
Japan surrendered to the United States! World War two has ended! As we return home many women are awaiting our arrival. When we get there it is alot of hugging a kissing.

America is the only known large super power in the world. But one country thinks not. The Soviet Union! Later years will be terrifying! This time is known as the Cold War!

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August 6,1945,
We warned them many times but they chose no to surrender. Now flying in to a city of japan named Hiroshima is a plane carrying a bomb named   little boy. As it is dropped mass destruction was ahead. All of a sudden in the mist of time Hiroshima is destroyed. Mass Destruction!

Three days later another bomb was dropped but on the city of Nagasaki. Same as Hiroshima this city went down. Then, we were about to bomb Japans capital Tokyo but Japan surrendered! This ended World War Two!

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poster of one of the Tuskegee Airmen

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group picture of the Tuskegee airmen

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July 5,1945,
I am helping fix the plane that will be bombing Japan in less that a month. We hope that it will make them surrender. This will be huge.

This plane is huge! Japan has to surrender. We warn them by send and dropping these sheets of paper warning the citizens to leave town or there will be mass destruction. Then comes August 6,1945.

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July 2- July 3,1943,
For the first time a Tuskegee Airman shot down a German FW- 190. He became the first African American to shoot down an Enemy plane.This marked history! The next day we celebrated this Advance.

Me and some of the other Tuskegee Airman threw a party for him. We celebrated with food cake and drinks. I went to my bunker and went straight to sleep hoping that the war would end soon...

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Dec 7,1941,
I am an Air force pilot who just got stationed at pearl harbor. I am going to get breakfast when one of my friends watching the radar saw 50 blips heading toward us. We all thought it was a joke until..BOOM! One bomb was dropped on a plane right next to mine.

Then it was total chaos. I ran to an underground bunker until I didn't hear any thing. I came out and people were running around screaming. This is truly " A Day That Will Live in Infamy"

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A hand axe from the national World War 2 musuem in New Orleans.

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Old bomb found in Germany from World War Two

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Bullets that were found by an civilian with a metal detector in their backyard

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helmets that German Airforce pilots used.

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A tank that was found in the woods of Europe from World War Two

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Piloting the Enola Gay, Col Paul W. Tibbets and his crew dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, a second one was dropped on Nagasaki forcing the Japanese to surrender.

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On December 21, 1944, Gen. Henry “Hap” Arnold became the first and only Airman to ever achieve the rank of five-star General.

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Piloting a Douglas A-20, Col Floyd B. Wood, Maj Harry Wexler and 1st Lt Frank Reckord became the first crew to fly into a hurricane in order to collect scientific data.

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2nd Lt Carter Harman of the 1st Air Commando Group leads the first combat rescue mission by helicopter when he saves a fellow commando and three British soldiers after their aircraft went down in the Burmese jungle.

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Accomplished pilot Lt Col Cochran was appointed as the first director of the new Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) on August 5, 1943.

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On July 2, 1943, the young Tuskegee Airman shot down a German FW-190, becoming the first African American U.S. pilot to shoot down an enemy airplane

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The first U.S. air raid on Japan took place on April 18, 1942, when Col James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle led 16 B–25s on a bombing mission over Tokyo known as the Doolittle Raid. For leading the mission, Col Doolittle was awarded the Medal of Honor.

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Flying a P–38 against the Japanese, Lt Bong scored his first two aerial victories on December 27, 1942. By the end of the war, he had shot down 40 enemy aircraft, making him the top U.S. ace of all time.

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On July 19, 1941, Capt Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., reported to Tuskegee Institute in Alabama with 12 aviation cadets to begin flight training as the first class of African American pilot candidates. They would eventually become known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

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December 7,1941 the Japanese send 50 planes on the first attack of Pearl Harbor, they destroyed most of the U.S.A's pacific fleet.

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The Barracks on Keesler Airforce base.

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Malvaney's posts showing Camp Shelby back in World War II reminded me of a recent trip to Keesler AFB in Biloxi. When I was on base back in September I was surprised to find that there was a World War II-era wooden barracks still standing on Meadow Drive. Originally numbering in the dozens if not hundreds, I had heard that those barracks termites hadn't gotten Katrina did. While this barracks design is not unique to Keesler, I am excited that one building was saved. Though in need of minor maintenance the building looks to be actively used and in good condition.

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The base started as Keesler Army Air Field in 1941 and was named in honor of 2nd Lt Samuel Reeves Keesler, Jr., of Greenwood, Mississippi. Lt. Keesler served during World War I as an aerial observer assigned to the 24th Aero Squadron. In October of 1918 Lt. Keesler died after his plane was shot down near Verdun, France. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star citation. Keesler Army Air Field was officially re-designated as Keesler Air Force Base on January 13, 1948.

During World War Two my grandfather served in the Army Air Corps, the precursor to the Air Force. He said several different bases he trained at had the same barracks. They were bare-bones, pre-cut, frame buildings. A plank sheathing, clad with asbestos on the exterior with no interior wall surface. Each floor was a long open hall, with latrines on one end and sergeants quarters on the other. In the photos above the end with smaller windows indicates the end with the latrines. He told me about how the men were packed in so tightly that sheets were hung between the bunks to prevent the airmen from breathing on one another and spreading disease. In the spring of 1943 he was stationed at Keesler, when the barracks were new. He said the only time he ever volunteered in the Army Air Corps was when he was stationed in Biloxi. A commanding officer asked him to volunteer to assist the instructors. This required arriving an hour before and staying an hour late after class to learn the next day's lesson. The benefit for him was that he was excused from morning and afternoon calisthenics. What he didn't know is that the extra training he received would save his life countless times in battle.

While our military continues to develop with new technologies to remain the best in the world, this barracks serves as a reminder that we would not be where we are today without the hard work and sacrifice made by those who came before us.

To all Veterans, thank you for your service.
https://archive.org/details/CRC93-01
Categories: Architectural Research, Biloxi, Demolition/Abandonment, Greenwood, Gulf Coast, Historic Preservation, Hurricane Katrina, Lost Mississippi, Military

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Malvaney's posts showing Camp Shelby back in World War II reminded me of a recent trip to Keesler AFB in Biloxi. When I was on base back in September I was surprised to find that there was a World War II-era wooden barracks still standing on Meadow Drive.

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When you graduate from millitary school you get place in a group for a period of time.

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Morse Code Operator school at Keesler AFB in preparation for entry into the COMINT and SIGINT fields

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after you are put in those groups you are put in your official flight team

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Many of the barracks had bunks like these in many of the rooms.

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This is a plane that was used to drop bombs and carry troops