{"product_id":"original-japanese-wwii-espionage-identification-pictures-of-uss-arizona-california-lexington-enterprise-featured-in-captured-imperial-japanese-service-photo-album","title":"Original Japanese WWII Espionage Identification Pictures of USS Arizona, California, Lexington \u0026 Enterprise Featured in Captured Imperial Japanese Service Photo Album","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Items: One-Of-A-Kind. This was an incredible discovery for us here at IMA when we cracked open this album. As we flipped through the pages we saw a glimpse into Pre War Japan as well as Wartime Japan. The pictures show images of civilian life, military training, soldiers firing rifles, running through obstacle courses and so on. As we went deeper into the album the pictures also got deeper, showing Japanese casualties, poverty in the Philippines, Americans posing with pictures of skulls at the Manila Dungeon and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis album appears to have been captured by an American during the war and had added personal photos as well as descriptions and annotations in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best feature of album was in the stack of loose photographs from the album that was enclosed on the back page. There were postcards in the patriotic “Victory” manner with Japanese Kanji writing on the sides, giving the description of each card. As we got towards the bottom of the stack there were pictures of ships, very familiar looking ships, American ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll pictures of the American ships have identifier descriptions on them in Kanji and we did the best we could with translating the USS Arizona one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ships From Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor Featured In This Album:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUSS Arizona: \u003cem\u003eUS Battleship “Arizona” 32,600 -Naval Battle of Hawaii Departing San Francisco\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUSS California\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther Target Ships\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUSS Lexington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUSS Enterprise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther pictures include harrowing images of the aftermath of the invasion of Leyte, Japanese troops maneuvering and various aircraft images. One of the most interesting image is of a rocket being fired and you can even make the shape of the rocket out as it was fired from the launcher! The rocket appears to be a 30 cm Wurfkörper 42 Spreng being fired from a 30 cm Raketenwerfer 56.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 30 cm Raketenwerfer 56 was a German multiple rocket launcher used in the Second World War. It served with units of the Nebeltruppen, the German equivalent of the U.S. Army's Chemical Corps. Just as the Chemical Corps had responsibility for poison gas and smoke weapons that were used instead to deliver high-explosives during the war so did the Nebeltruppen. The name \"Nebelwerfer\" is best translated as \"Smoke Mortar\". 694 saw service from 1944–45 in all theaters except Norway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt would appear that this album was liberated by members of the US Army Air Corps. A few of the photos feature an American soldier with an Army Air Corps patch visible on his left sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a beautiful album that comes ready for translation and display!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39863678894149,"sku":"ONSV22HBC289","price":795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/products\/ONSV22HBC289__01.jpg?v=1646773237","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-japanese-wwii-espionage-identification-pictures-of-uss-arizona-california-lexington-enterprise-featured-in-captured-imperial-japanese-service-photo-album","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}