Japanese Book, "Daitōa sensō hōdō shashinroku: Taishō kanpatsu 1 shūnen kinen" (大東亜戦争報道写真録 : 大詔渙発一周年記念), 1942

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This item is a Japanese scrapbook, "Daitōa sensō hōdō shashinroku : Taishō kanpatsu 1 shūnen kinen", published by Yomiuri Shinbunsha, 1942. The book contains 40 photographs with descriptions on the back of each numbered page and a numbered index on the inside end pages, all in Japanese. The scrapbook is of cardboard, covered with cloth and Japanese inscription on the front cover. The images include Japanese Army and Navy actions, including combat scenes on the ground that appears to be in the Philippines islands and aerial photos during naval actions. Appears to be in chronological order of the first year or so, December 1941 through 1942. There are group shots of Japanese soldiers toting bicycles while fording a river and paratroopers boarding an airplane, photos of surrendering British forces, the entrance to the cave on Corregidor showing American and Filipino POWs before the Bataan Death March, the view of a POW camp, four aerial wide-shots of the bombing at Pearl Harbor, and a photo of Adm. Yamamoto on the bridge of his ship, etc.

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