MOWW News:
This month’s Military Order of the World Wars Chapter 229 meeting is June 21.
LANL Senior Historian Alan Carr will present part 2 of his talk about the how and why World War II ended the way it did.
Clouds Over Kokura: The Atomic Strike Against Nagasaki and the End of World War II. Aug. 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was detonated over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second bomb was detonated over Nagasaki.
Aug. 14, Imperial Japan surrendered and World War II can to an abrupt and victorious conclusion. But is there more to the story? Why wasn’t a demonstration of the atomic bomb performed before the combat strikes? Were the Japanese warned? Why was a second bomb used? Why was Nagasaki selected as the target? Did the mission go smoothly? What role did the use of atomic bombs play, if any, in ending the war?
The community is invited to hear this informative presentation. The meeting will be held in the 2nd floor meeting room at American Legion Post 90, 1325 Trinity Dr. behind Muy Salsas restaurant and Saint Job of Pochaivi Orthodox Church.
The meeting begins at 6 p.m. with a social period, followed by a brief business meeting, dinner at 6:25 p.m. and at about 7:15 p.m. the presentation. Dinner is available from Senor Tortas restaurant on the 1st floor.
Because of the ongoing COVID situation, the meeting will be a hybrid session, in person and starting at about 6:25b p.m. on Zoom. For Zoom meeting information, contact Gregg Giesler at 505.662.5574 or g.giesler@computer.org.
About the Military Order of the World Wars:
Act of Congress chartered the Military Order of the World Wars in 1919 as a national patriotic organization. The principal objectives of the MOWW are continuing service to the Nation, and patriotic educational opportunity for the nation’s youth and citizens. Current youth programs are focused upon annual Youth Leadership Conferences for high school students presented in New Mexico by its related Sunbelt Patriotic Youth Leadership Conferences, Inc. Current, former and retired federally commissioned officers of all branches of the United States Uniformed Services are eligible for membership in the MOWW and are especially invited to attend our meetings. For additional information about MOWW membership, call Commander Gregg Giesler at 505.662.5574.