Walsh was a private first class with the 2nd Marine Division when it was assigned to occupation duty at Nagasaki, Japan. There, on Aug. 9, 1945, an atomic bomb was used in warfare for the second and, so far, last time. Japan’s surrender was announced six days later. ...
1943: The Italian occupation of the Greek Ionian islands and the massacre of the Acqui Division by the Germans The sad fate of pilot officer Frederick Ainley and the RAF Martin Maryland that force-landed on Zakynthos island, Greece, March 29, 1941 Aircraft wrecks, WW2, WW2 in Greece, WW2...