{"product_id":"original-u-s-wwii-army-air-forces-silk-map-set-nagasaki-and-kagoshima-1944-currents-and-surface-winds-japan","title":"Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces Silk Map Set - Nagasaki and Kagoshima 1944 - Currents and Surface Winds Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a set of two silk wartime maps of Japan. The first is dated 1944 and features Nagasaki and Kagoshima. The second map is a Current and Surface Wind Map for Japan and the great Eastern Asia coast. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first map is an excellent condition WWII Army Air Force cloth 2-sided color \"escape\" map which was issued to pilots and bombing crews which is dated \u003cstrong\u003e1944\u003c\/strong\u003e. Condition is excellent, though there are stains from decades of storage and age. The war in the Pacific would eventually draw closer to a nuclear response and Japan's unconditional surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is double sided and measures 24 inches high by 26 inches wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFont side top border reads \u003cb\u003eEASTERN ASIA 1:1,000,000 NAGASAKI NI 52\u003c\/b\u003e and shows Nagasaki, the harbor and surrounding islands, as well as Fukouka, the Korea Strait, and portions of Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReverse side top border reads \u003cb\u003eEASTERN ASIA 1:1,000,000 KAGOSHIMA NH 52\u003c\/b\u003e and shows Kagoshima and the southern tip of Japan, as well as the East China Sea and Pacific Ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe map was:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrepared under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, by the Army Map Service (PT),  U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. 1943. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe series of maps began in early 1943 with cloth maps of Kagoshima, Nagasaki, Osaka and Tokyo, followed several months later with the rest of the maps in the series. The maps all contain a scale of 1:1,000,000 in the modified polyconic projection of the IMW The maps of Japan were drawn from Japanese Imperial Land Survey Maps dated 1935, with data revised based on intelligence reports. Chinese and Japanese place names were corrected to modified Hepburn (Romaji system). All of the maps included elevation tints, although maps such as this one without elevation tints were made specifically for the US Navy of all of the maps in this series except NL50\/NL51.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wonderful wartime map that was a necessity for our boys in the air and on the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second map reads \u003cstrong\u003eOCEAN CURRENTS AND SURFACE WINDS FOR THE WEST PACIFIC AREA NOVEMBER - APRIL\u003c\/strong\u003e. The map is silk, full color, single sided and measures approximately 18.5\" x 17.5\" and is offered in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32060635119685,"sku":"ONSV9579","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/products\/ONSV9579_01.jpg?v=1612547963","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-u-s-wwii-army-air-forces-silk-map-set-nagasaki-and-kagoshima-1944-currents-and-surface-winds-japan","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}