The Pacific Theater
Gallery 7
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Pre-war photograph of 4 young Japanese Imperial Army soldiers and a girl. The men are wearing model 1930 uniforms. This photo was taken while they were assigned to the 24th Infantry Division |
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Japanese money taken by an American soldier. Across the top he wrote: "Japs money taken from a prisoner 1945 - in the Philipines".
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Rice paper map overlay grid also taken by the same soldier above. The grid may have been used by a Japanese artillery unit. |
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Insignia worn by units in the Pacific, left to right: 11th Airborne Division, 11th Air Force (Alaska), 14th Air Force (sucessor to the Flying Tigers), Pacific Ocean Areas Forces, 25th Infantry Division "Tropic Lightning", 8th Army, 10th Army. |
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This photograph shows a GI standing on the wreachage of a Japanese bomber; visible on the left side is a portion of the red "meatball" insignia. |
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A group of GIs examines the abandoned wreck of what appears to be a Type 100 "Dinah" left on a captured Japanese airfield. |
