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A commemorative exhibit on the end of World War II by Thomas Cooper Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections Division is on display in the library’s mezzanine through Aug. 7.
The exhibit documents the end of the war in Europe and Asia using Rare Books and Special Collections resources. Included are items related to Joseph Heller, Ernest Hemingway, and William Westmoreland, and printed books such as the Armed Services Editions collection and books from the Gilbert S. Guinn Collection of Military Aviation and History.
This spring and summer marks the 60th anniversary of the end of the war. The German surrender on May 5, 1945 and the Japanese surrender on Aug. 15 ended six years of turmoil that left few people untouched.
In America, the war years provided relief from years of economic depression, but at a terrible cost in lives. The postwar world was one where American world influence, industry, and military power were predominant, and for Americans themselves the war brought both economic and social change.
For information, contact Jeffrey Makala at 7-0296, or makalaj@gwm.sc.edu.
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This map of Tokyo is part of the World War II exhibit now on display at Thomas Cooper Library.
