Weiss Auctions sells WW2 Diary including Nagasaki Visit after Atomic Bomb An item that would make a great Steven Spielberg movie, the diary describes the servicemen during the war in the Pacific including a visit to Nagasaki just after the nuclear bomb at auction March 2.
News-Antique.com - Feb 21,2012 - Weiss Auctions sells WW2 Diary including Nagasaki Visit after Atomic Bomb
An item that would make a great Steven Spielberg movie, the diary describes the servicemen during the war in the Pacific including a visit to Nagasaki just after the nuclear bomb.
A one of a kind hand written serviceman's diary of a tour of duty in the Pacific Ocean between May 1945 and July 1946 including a trip to Nagasaki after the Atomic Bomb will be sold at Weiss Auctions in Oceanside NY March 2, 2012. The auction will be part of a Military, Transportation, Historical, Posters and Advertising to be held Friday March 2, 2012 at the Weiss Auctions Gallery in Oceanside NY, along with phone bidding and internet bidding though Proxibid. The auction is part of a 3 day sale including Toys, Comics, Sports and other Memorabilia.
Lot $1153 - WW2 Serviceman's Diary May 1945 to July 1946
WW2 Serviceman's Diary of J. Ferris Brogan of Ridgewood NJ, begins in Pearl Harbor in May 1945 and ends in Guam in July 1946, 76 pages, single sided in pen ink, detailing being on board the ship USS LSM 465 in the Sea of Japan, beginning May 13, 1945, the ship made stops in Okinawa, ship entered Nagasaki on Sept. 24, 1945 and this documents an eye witness recounting of the sity after the Atomic Bomb of Aug. 9, he eloquently describes the shanties, poor people, a ChristianChurch that remained among the destruction from the bombing, they were part of the "initial occupation," extensive detailed literature, accurately written descriptive text, would make a great movie or book, includes typed translation of book, 6.25" x 8.25," cloth bound, good condition
This story would make a great movie, Mr. Spielberg.
Weiss Auctions is located at 1 Neil Court, Oceanside NY, www.WeissAUctioins.com with online bidding at Proxibid. For info contact Phil Weiss at 516-594-0731.
