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  • Summer of Trinity Again - Week ending July 14, 1945

    Summer of Trinity Again - Week ending July 14, 1945
    2026/07/07

    Re-running Summer of Trinity, this time with episodes released at the start of their respective weeks rather than the end.

    Just for a different perspective.

    July 8 to July 14, 1945

    This is Summer of Trinity - a daily description of events in the summer of 1945, touching points around the world but centered (as that summer was) on the Trinity nuclear test. This episode has daily events for the week ending Saturday July 14th, 1945.

    Sunday, July 8,1945 - 8 Days Before Trinity

    It is two months since the surrender of Germany.

    The Utah prisoner of war massacre occurred just after midnight when an American soldier killed nine German prisoners of war and wounded twenty others at a camp in Salina, Utah.

    Salina is about 150 miles from Salt Lake City and Fort Douglas.

    Monday, July 9,1945 - 7 Days Before Trinity

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_July_9,_1945

    https://www.ednasjournal.com/post/july-9-1945-monday

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026164/

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/science/staring-at-the-sun-as-it-disappeared.html

    https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/june/deak-and-little-boy

    https://www.atomicheritage.org/key-documents/dangers-accidental-detonations

    Tuesday, July 10,1945 - 6 Days Before Trinity

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-01-mn-24352-story.html

    Wednesday, July 11,1945 - 5 Days Before Trinity

    Assembly of the Gadget begins.

    https://www.atomicheritage.org/event/1945-july-11

    Thursday, July 12,1945 - 4 Days Before Trinity

    https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/truman-papers/correspondence-harry-s-truman-bess-wallace-truman-1921-1959/july-12-1945?documentid=NA&pagenumber=2

    https://www.2020hindsight.org/2005/07/12/1945-plutonium-core-leaves-los-alamos/ (for the Trinity test site)

    Friday, July 13,1945 - 3 Days Before Trinity

    The Proving Ground was officially authorized by ASF Circular 269, July 13, effective July 9, 1945.

    Saturday, July 14,1945 - 2 Days Before Trinity

    https://farragutlife.com/mare-island/
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  • Summer of Trinity Again - Week Ending July 21, 1945

    Summer of Trinity Again - Week Ending July 21, 1945
    2026/07/15
    Re-running Summer of Trinity, this time with episodes released at the start of their respective weeks rather than the end. Just for a different perspective. July 15 to July 21, 1945 This is Summer of Trinity - a daily description of events in the summer of 1945, touching points around the world but centered (as that summer was) on the Trinity nuclear test. This episode has daily events for the week ending Saturday July 21th, 1945. Sunday, July 15,1945 - 1 Day Before Trinity 12th Army Situation Map (Germany and surrounding areas) https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945/trinity_evaluations.htm The American contingent arrives at Potsdam. The imminent start of the conference was a major reason the Trinity test had been planned of this week. Returning from his one-day shakedown cruise for the USS Indianapolis, Captain McVay meets with Captain William Parsons of Project Alberta and Admiral William R. Purnell - one of the chief military advisors for the Manhattan Project. They don't mention these connections to McVay, who is informed only that his ship has been chosen for an important mission: He is to proceed with all possible speed across the Pacific, first to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and then to the Marianas, on the edge of the Philippine sea. There he will deliver his cargo to the air base on the island of Tinian. He is assured that every day saved delivering the cargo is a day closer to the end of the war. He is to safeguard the cargo at all costs - ALL costs. If the ship is lost, his first priority will be saving this cargo - if necessary, a lifeboat is to be used to ensure it is undamaged. McVay will not, however, be told what the cargo actually is. There are some clues, however. There are two Army officers who will accompany the cargo and see it safely ashore at Tinian: Major Robert Furman, and Capt. James Nolan. While they are presented as "artillerymen," McVay eventually learns from Captain Nolan that he is actually a doctor, with the implication that there are some health concerns about the cargo. Nolan assures McVay that there is no actual danger to the crew of the Indianapolis. Nolan does not mention that he is one of two medical doctors at Los Alamos - not that McVay would have know where that was - nor that he is the doctor who put together the safety plan to ensure the health of those attending the upcoming Trinity test. But McVay knows that there are not a lot of materials that are both relatively small and enough of a health concern to merit the attendance of a doctor. https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/james-f-nolan/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._McVay_III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35) Monday, July 16,1945 - Trinity Yoko Moriwaki's diary is available through online and other booksellers, and in some libraries. https://www.amazon.com/Yokos-Diary-Paul-Ham/dp/0733331173/r https://www.dearfolksies.com/wabern-germany-july-10-august-23-1945/6/ https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/node/400674 Tuesday, July 17,1945 - 1 Day After Trinity The Potsdam Conference began in Potsdam, occupied Germany. Representatives of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States met to discuss how to administer postwar Germany. https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/images/szilard_petition.htm https://biology.indiana.edu/documents/historical-materials/gest_pdfs/hgSzilard.pdf Wednesday, July 18,1945 - 2 Days After Trinity http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/library/correspondence/groves-leslie/corr_groves_1945-07-18_print.htm Thursday, July 19,1945 - 3 Days After Trinity https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/timeline Friday, July 20,1945 - 4 Days After Trinity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximity_fuze - The atomic bombs used these, which were actually a very new technology, but one that had already proven its worth - Patton proclaimed that the proximity fuze had contributed greatly to the American success in the Battle of the Bulge. Saturday, July 21,1945 - 5 Days After Trinity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Underhill https://ussunderhill.org/index.html
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  • Summer of Trinity Again - Week ending July 28, 1945

    Summer of Trinity Again - Week ending July 28, 1945
    2026/07/21

    Re-running Summer of Trinity, this time with episodes released at the start of their respective weeks rather than the end.

    Just for a different perspective.

    July 22 to July 28, 1945

    This is Summer of Trinity - a daily description of events in the summer of 1945, touching points around the world but centered (as that summer was) on the Trinity nuclear test. This episode has daily events for the week ending Saturday July 28th, 1945.

    Sunday, July 22,1945 - 6 Days After Trinity

    From Stimson's diary, excerpts on http://www.doug-long.com/stimson8.htm

    Monday, July 23,1945 - 7 Days After Trinity

    Marshall Philipe Petain is put on trial for treason.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Pétain

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/goofs?item=gf6476041

    https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVAAZ495DZU8UIV501CI3L12J1LY-THE-1945-TRIAL-OF-PHILIPPE-PETAIN/query/wildcard

    Tuesday, July 24,1945 - 8 Days After Trinity

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_Kure_and_the_Inland_Sea_(July_1945)

    http://www.ussunderhill.org/html/kaiten_information.html

    http://www.ussunderhill.org/html/sorryno.htm

    Nathan G. Benchley, in an article written for the New Yorker in 1953, mentions a conversation about current attitudes towards the war.

    "Who's winning the war?" Roth asked me as I came in.
    "Search me," I said, and sat down.

    "I heard that in Guam the birdmen have a pool on it," Tampke said. "They got a million-dollar pool that says the war will be over by October. You can dip into it for any money you want."

    "Did they say October what year?" I asked.
    "I don't know," Tampke replied. "I just heard October."

    Wednesday, July 25,1945 - 9 Days After Trinity

    An official bombing order is made for the first atomic weapon:

    From http://www.dannen.com/decision/handy.html

    Thursday, July 26,1945 - 10 Days After Trinity

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam_Declaration

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokusatsu

    Friday, July 27,1945 - 11 Days After Trinity

    https://ancientwarhistory.com/the-final-days-of-imperial-japan-the-potsdam-declaration-soviet-intervention-and-japans-surrender/

    https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/truman-papers/correspondence-harry-s-truman-bess-wallace-truman-1921-1959/july-27-1945

    Saturday, July 28,1945 - 12 Days After Trinity

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_Empire_State_Building_B-25_crash

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aioi_Bridge

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial

    Note: Dobashi is near to Koamicho

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Callaghan_(DD-792)
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  • Summer of Trinity Again - Week Ending August 4, 1945

    Summer of Trinity Again - Week Ending August 4, 1945
    2026/07/29
    Re-running Summer of Trinity, this time with episodes released at the start of their respective weeks rather than the end. Just for a different perspective. July 29 to August 4 This is Summer of Trinity - a daily description of events in the summer of 1945.This episode has daily events for the week ending Saturday August 4, 1945. Sunday, July 29,1945 - 13 Days After Trinity https://usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.mil/Recent/Article-View/Article/2686164/navy-lessons-learned-from-sinking-of-indianapolis/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Mayfield - final MoH for actions before August 15 cessation of hostilities Pumpkin bomb sorties - 9 aircraft Monday, July 30,1945 - 14 Days After Trinity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochitsura_Hashimoto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Idaho_(BB-42) Indianapolis was sunk from an attack at just after midnight local time. (It's still the 29th in Zulu / GMT/UTC time, which might be where some of the confusion comes from.) The moon was waning gibbous and rose at 10:28pm. It would have been well above the eastern horizon at midnight. (Again, Indianapolis was heading west, Hashimoto attacked the Starboard side, so he was facing south. That would've put the moon to his own starboard side, and about 20 degrees up from the horizon. ) https://phasesmoon.com/moonday29July1945.html Hashimoto notes that the moon was up when he found Indianapolis - and that therefore he dove quickly. Action report says 450 miles EAST of Leyte gulf, heading 262 so just short of due West (270). https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/loss-of-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/investigation-and-court-martial/after-action-report-of-mcvay.html https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/loss-of-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/investigation-and-court-martial/court-martial.html Tuesday, July 31,1945 - 15 Days After Trinity The submarine USS Bullhead leaves Fremantle, Australia, to commence her third war patrol. This patrol would be under the command of Lieutenant Commander Edward R. Holt, Jr. The previous captain of Bullhead, Commander Walter T Griffith, is sent to Guam, where he is to become Assistant Operations Officer to Vice Admiral Lockwood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_T._Griffith Griffith recieved TWO Navy Crosses - from his previous sub tours, before Bullhead. Stimson to Truman https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/henry-stimson-harry-s-truman-attached-draft-press-release?documentid=NA&pagenumber=1 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/countdown-to-hiroshima-for-july_b_3663837.html August 1945 Wednesday, August 1,1945 - 16 Days After Trinity Thursday, August 2,1945 - 17 Days After Trinity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35) An intersting equivalence, the ship was sunk early Monday, one week before Hiroshima; they are found mid-Thursday, one week before Nagasaki Friday, August 3,1945 - 18 Days After Trinity https://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0802/02101.html Hiroshima's Legacy - by Motoko Sakama Been looking for some pictures of the train station in Kobe, found one of GIs there in January 1946, and this one here. https://www.meijishowa.com/photography/5335/160305-0004-hankyu-railway-kobe-station Saturday, August 4,1945 - 19 Days After Trinity The Soviets gifted a plaque to the U.S. Ambassador to Moscow that was secretly bugged with The Thing, one of the earliest covert listening devices ever invented. It would hang in the Spaso House for seven years until its secret was discovered.Paul Tibbets briefed his crewmates on the bombing mission to Hiroshima, saying the bombs would be immensely powerful and "something new in the history of warfare", but giving no specifics.[ Summer of Trinity is a part of Mapping History here on The Latest Generation.
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  • Redux - Lost Boys and Golden Girls

    Redux - Lost Boys and Golden Girls
    2026/07/31
    It's not QUITE the 40th anniversary of The Lost Boys (39 years today), and just past the 40th anniversary of Highlander, but it's close enough. And there are other reasons to redo this one today - with its thoughts on immortality, legacy, good times and fellowship - so, doing that. "Never let a night like tonight go to waste." ==================================================== Considering whether Gen X views of life, death, and immortality were shaped by two mid-80s films: Highlander (1986) and The Lost Boys (1987) Yes yes yes, I said Steward Copeland at about 9:12 and realized just moments ago that I completely meant Douglas Coupland, who wrote Generation X: Tales For an Accelerated Culture in 1991 https://www.coupland.com/books/generation-x-tales-for-an-accelerated-culture And my point there is that in 1987 the Lost Boys was certainly depicting Gen X characters with Gen X actors, but nobody called them Gen X at the time. Interview with the Vampire was published in 1976 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interview_with_the_Vampire Its sequel, The Vampire Lestat, was 1985 The Mystery of Dracula's Castle - a scooby doo mystery in all but name, with inspiration from Christopher Lee's Dracula over and over. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068985/ The Hunger https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085701/ The Lost Boys - straight to the tagline https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093437/taglines Highlander https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091203/ Cocoon https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088933/ Siskel and Ebert - Lost Boys starts at 9:44 - https://siskelebert.org/?p=2948 Highlander is the first one here, about 1:30 - they both disliked it rather a lot https://siskelebert.org/?p=1496 First chapter of The Golden Bough - Frazer calls the King a "murderer" rather than a "killer" so I'll randomly note that A) in the 1536 battler in Highlander, the Macleods are fighting the Frasers and B) "Matador" is literally "killer" in Spanish The Spirit of Christmas, which spawned South Park, references Highlander's repeated line "There Can Be Only One" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122264/ When talking about Reactives and the Awakening, probably worth looking at this previous entry on my blog https://crisis.generationalize.com/2014/01/reactiveness.html Unrelated but it's a photo series called Lost Boys - millennials back at home after college or high school or whatever they decided they could do. https://www.businessinsider.com/liz-calvi-lost-boys-photo-project-2014-9#calvi-started-with-her-good-group-of-guy-friends-but-eventually-branched-out-to-look-for-more-subjects-in-town-nolan-pictured-here-is-currently-studying-graphics-in-college-and-he-lives-with-his-parents-for-the-summer-2 Here's the archive she set up https://seulementdanslereve.tumblr.com/archive And her home page https://www.lizcalvi.com/commissions "Vampire of the Mists" (1991) was a few years later, so probably influenced by Anne Rice and The Lost Boys and everything. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_of_the_Mists Wikipedia sayeth that Peter Pan first appeared in a novel in 1902, while the play first appeared in 1904. He's very much of the Nomad archetype. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan Completely unrelated, except insofar as Aiken Drum (the character) is much like Peter Pan and has other Nomad / Reactive archetype indicators https://manycolored.fandom.com/wiki/Many-Colored_Wiki Pogonip club house http://deepbluemoon.com/misc/pogonip/ Other locations - the interiors were on a set at Warner Brothers https://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/lost-boys-santa-cruz-tour Gregory Widen, screenwriter for Highlander. Born in 1958, he's a late Boomer. He also wrote Backdraft. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0927074/ Russel Mulcahy - his director credits here include the music videos - which included Video Killed the Radio Star by Buggles, which unfortunately I can't find, so here are some others. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611683 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uxc9eFcZyM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyv905Q2omU Max has mission style outdoor lamps - not too common at the time. (Although it was becoming popular again) https://casetext.com/case/l-jg-stickley-inc-v-canal-dover-furn Grandpas house is here (interiors were a set at Warner Bros.) - a very 1900s house http://www.mobileranger.com/santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/ CSUN Queen show, 1989 - there will be another episode one day about why this matters….but I didn't even have a chance to get into, here, how I and Angela and 150 of our closest friends did a field show with two songs from Highlander, plus Bohemian Rhapsody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjkHl0paHbM
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  • Summer of Trinity Again - Week ending July 7, 1945

    Summer of Trinity Again - Week ending July 7, 1945
    2026/07/01

    Re-running Summer of Trinity, this time with episodes released at the start of their respective weeks rather than the end.

    Just for a different perspective.

    A daily description of events in the summer of 1945, touching points around the world but centered (as that summer was) on the Trinity nuclear test. This episode has daily events for the week ending Saturday July 7th, 1945.

    Sunday, July 1,1945 - 15 Days Before Trinity

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_C4-class_ship

    http://ww2troopships.com/crossings/1945b.htm

    https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/7-8/7-8_7.HTM

    http://www.yeide.net/World_War_II_History/Cavalry_Histories.html

    Monday, July 2,1945 - 14 Days Before Trinity

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sterling_Parsons Captain William Parsons, US Navy - head of Project Alberta, which is the part of the Manhattan Project focused on delivering the bomb to it's target.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_F._Farrell - Brigadier General Thomas Farrell, who is "Grove's deputy for operations"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Purnell - Rear Admiral William Purnell is Navy liason to manhattan project, also the Navy's deputy chief for materiel.

    http://www.dannen.com/decision/testdate.html

    The "IT" mentioned a couple of times there appears to be the Little Boy device, which was going to be transported to Tinian aboard the USS Indianapolis (then finishing repairs in the San Franciso area), and which Parsons was coordinating with Purnell.

    Tuesday, July 3,1945 - 13 Days Before Trinity

    https://automotivehistory.org/july-3-1945-ford-starts-postwar-production/

    https://vtauto.org/1946-ford-tudor/

    https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/photograph-records/64-57-01

    Wednesday, July 4,1945 - 12 Days Before Trinity

    https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/truman-independence-day-message-1945

    https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/72/statement-president-fourth-july

    Thursday, July 5,1945 - 11 Days Before Trinity

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election

    Friday, July 6,1945 - 10 Days Before Trinity

    https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/delivering-atomic-bombs-silverplate-b-29

    https://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/EnolaGay/EnolaGay.html

    Saturday, July 7,1945 - 9 Days Before Trinity

    http://www.brigs.us/Phila/Candids1.htm — photographs from USS Philadelphia

    http://www.brigs.us/Phila/reunion-files/and-we-were-there-Truman-Potsdam.htm - a first-person account of the trip

    https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2014/08/14/truman-bacall-and-that-photograph/

    https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-600000/80-G-603322.html
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  • Summer of Trinity Again - Week ending June 30, 1945

    Summer of Trinity Again - Week ending June 30, 1945
    2026/06/24
    Re-running Summer of Trinity, this time with episodes released at the start of their respective weeks rather than the end. Just for a different perspective. June 24 to June 30, 1945 This is Summer of Trinity, for the week ending Saturday June 30th, 1945. Sunday, June 24,1945 - 22 Days Before Trinity https://stanislavs.org/victory-parade-in-moscow-on-june-24-1945/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_Moscow_Victory_Parade Monday, June 25,1945 - 21 Days Before Trinity Let There Be Light - assigned to John Huston on June 25 1945 https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24480-LET-THEREBELIGHT?sid=f9d82931-bb26-4320-ab6d-68db16b9b687&sr=16.411694&cp=1&pos=0 Tuesday, June 26,1945 - 20 Days Before Trinity https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-n-charter-signed While the war continued, and there was certainly concerns of all sorts that it might not be over soon - that Operation Downfall might be necessary, a full amphibious invasion of Japan to occupy and subordinate it on bayonet and rifle - there were definite expectations of hope. When representatives of 50 nations came to San Francisco to sign the Charter of the United Nations, it was about the peace after, even if the peace hadn't arrived, yet. It will take some time yet for the headquarters to be built, the general assembly brought together, for it to be a significant part of world diplomacy, but this day is the start of the United Nations. Wednesday, June 27,1945 - 19 Days Before Trinity Undersecretary of the Navy Ralph A. Bard sends the following memorandum concerning the use of the atomic bomb. argues that the Japanese should be given some warning ahead of the use of the weapon. https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/documents/manhattan-project/bard-memo.html Thursday, June 28,1945 - 18 Days Before Trinity The Ford Willow Run line produces its last B-24 Liberator https://www.motorcities.org/story-of-the-week/2021/remember-ford-motor-company-s-post-war-years-1946-1955 https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/expert-sets/101765 https://detroithistorical.org/things-do/events-calendar/events-listing/story-willow-run "One every 55 minutes" https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/mhugl/2015/10/11/willow-run-b24-liberator/ "The Flying Coffin" https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/watch-fords-willow-run-plant-churn-out-a-b-24-every-55-minutes/ "The story of willow run" on Youtube https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/willow-run-airplane-plant/ "44-51928 was flown directly to a storage facility, then later, to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation site at Kingman, Arizona, where it was scrapped." The picture of 44-51928 shows very small but distinct shadows, indicating that it did in fact get rolled out right around noon. Friday, June 29,1945 - 17 Days Before Trinity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Magic_Carpet - return of personnel from Europe begins. Saturday, June 30,1945 - 16 Days Before Trinity https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/okinawa/ https://80.stripes.com/archives/sure-campaigns-over-dont-forget-mop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa Okinawa area (per Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_Island Area 1,199[1] km2 (463 sq mi) as of 1 October 2018[2] Honshu area (ditto) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu Area 227,960[1] km2 (88,020 sq mi) Summer of Trinity is a part of Mapping History here on The Latest Generation.
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  • Summer of Trinity Again - Week ending June 23, 1945

    Summer of Trinity Again - Week ending June 23, 1945
    2026/06/18

    Re-running Summer of Trinity, this time with episodes released at the start of their respective weeks rather than the end.

    Just for a different perspective.

    June 17 to June 23, 1945

    This is Summer of Trinity, for the week ending Saturday June 23, 1945.

    Sunday, June 17,1945 - 29 Days Before Trinity

    It's the 78th day of the Battle of Okinawa.

    https://archive.org/details/FirstBoxingMatchesOnOkinawa

    Monday, June 18,1945 - 28 Days Before Trinity

    It's the 79th day of the Battle of Okinawa.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Jr.

    The American submarine USS Bonefish was sunk in Toyama Bay by Japanese warships.

    Although it still has not been scheduled, the Trinity test is now 4 weeks away.

    Tuesday, June 19,1945 - 27 Days Before Trinity

    It is the 80th day of the Battle of Okinawa.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Mayfield

    https://catalog.archives.gov/id/205583221

    Wednesday, June 20,1945 - 26 Days Before Trinity

    It is the 81st day of the Battle of Okinawa.

    http://www.v2rocket.com/start/chapters/backfire.html

    Return of troops on June 20 - picture came from this tweet.

    https://twitter.com/HistoryInPics/status/1483460234307850249

    Thursday, June 21,1945 - 25 Days Before Trinity

    It is the 82nd day of the Battle of Okinawa.

    After being decommissioned due to extensive damage suffered a month earlier, The American destroyer USS Barry was being towed to a location where it would serve as a decoy for Japanese kamikaze attacks. It was sunk northwest of Okinawa by a Japanese kamikaze attack. It is the n+3rd Allied ship sunk since the capitulation of Nazi Germany.

    Friday, June 22,1945 - 24 Days Before Trinity

    Okinawa is captured after 83 days of battle. The defending generals commit seppuku. Emperor Hirohito tells his counselors that he is interested in concrete plans to end the war.

    https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa

    Percy Faith and his Orchestra record "Capullito_de_aleli" for Decca records in New York, New York

    https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301162/72945-Capullito_de_aleli

    Eisenhower approves a project where German rocket engineers will launch a V-2, with a dummy warhead, to show the Allies how they worked and what was needed for a successful launch.

    Stalin announces a military parade, cerebrating the victory over Nazi Germany to be held in Moscow two days later, on June 24th.

    Saturday, June 23,1945 - 23 Days Before Trinity

    Kid who survived freezing experiments at Dachau - literally chopped out of ice seven times.

    https://www.dearfolksies.com/dachau-concentration-camp-june-6-june-26-1945/6/
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