War Diaries (August 14) (nonfiction)
War Diary quotations for August 14.
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Stephen Cross: August 11, 1756
…A Flag For A truce hung out; and our Fire Stopped Upon which, the Enemys Fire also Seased; an officer Sent over with A Flag and one of their officers Came over to us; and our Com manding officer, Proposed, to give up the fort, on Conditions of their Giving us leave to March off Unmolested; with our arms and two Pieces of Cannon: this was Refused, and no Other Terms would they acceed to, but our Delivering up the fort, with all the Stores, and we to be Prisoners of War, and to be sent to Canada; at length this was Accepted; and an officer Came over to take Possession, the Canadians and Indians, came flock ing in from All Sides, we were all ordered to cross the River, and put ourselves under the Protection of the French Regular army; thus, this Place fell into the hands of the French …
- Diary of Stephen Cross - American colonist/soldier from Newburyport, Massachusetts; present at the siege and fall of Fort Oswego
Benjamin Gilbert: August 14, 1778
Roger Alger of Capt. Shays Compy was whipt 50 lashes for stealing
Benjamin Gilbert was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War whose kept a diary and wrote letters. The diary entries are terse and heavily abbreviated. They nearly always include a comment about the weather. There is very little information about actual fighting or battles, but they do frequently describe preparing to fight and moving from place to place. They contain information not usually found in descriptions of the typical activities of continental soldiers.
- Benjamin Gilbert @ historyisfun.org
Henry B. Martin: August 14, 1912
From him (Williams) I received every politeness, and have ever since had all the lenity that a prisoner of war could expect, being in so small a vessel, as there is no parole unless the vessel is much larger than ours. I am in hopes there will be an exchange soon, and I shall stand a change to be one of the first, as I have petitioned the President by this conveyance.
- Henry B. Martin, letter to his wife (PDF) - Martin was Captain of the Nonpareil, which was taken captive by Lieutenant Williams, commander of the Decouverte. Captain Martin's hopes for an early exchange were not disappointed and on November 2 he and eighteen of his crew reached Charleston in the cartel schooner Nassau.
V-J Day in Times Square: August 14, 1945
V-J Day in Times Square, a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, was published in Life in 1945 with the caption, "In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers". The sailor, who the women did not know, kissed her by surprise and without her permission, setting an evil standard — It's Okay to Take Women by Force if You Come Home the Victor — for generations of men.
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- Benjamin Gilbert @ historyisfun.org
