Watts-Midtown Driveway Work

Work begins soon on repairing the driveway leading into our Watts-Midtown Branch and the RI YMCA. When weather allows work to start, please note that there will be only one lane in and out of the parking lot. Please alternate when entering or leaving the lot, and note that there is no left hand turn onto the drive off 30th Street. 

Remember that you can return items to any Rock Island Library, even if it was checked out at the branch. Thank you for your patience as the YMCA repairs this driveway. 

WWII - THE PACIFIC WAR - Japan versus the US

Program Type:

Movie

Age Group:

Adult, Everyone

Event Details

It was a bitter fight for supremacy in Asia. Japan had provoked the US in the Pacific War. The Second World War now spanned the entire globe.

The two naval nations competed against each other on the world’s largest ocean and fought battles on an unprecedented scale. In the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Japanese bombers destroyed most of the American Pacific fleet within hours and killed 2,500 U.S. soldiers. The surprise military strike was intended to help secure Japan's supremacy in the Eastern Pacific.

It was the beginning of the Pacific War, which only came to an end after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the summer of 1945.

This amazing 50-minute documentary reconstructs its course using mostly color original footage.