Item Description
Original Item: One-of-a-kind collection. Brothers Marine Corps Corporal Lawrence Linde and U.S. Navy Seabee George Linde from St Paul, Minnesota both served in World War Two and were both Wounded in Action and found themselves at the same hospital at Pearl Harbor to recover. During their stay at the hospital the posed per a photograph holding up a WW2 Imperial Japanese "good luck" flag that Lawrence captured during the Battle of Saipan in June 1944. That photos and article are from a newspaper clipping that is contained in a massive scrapbook which documents the movements and service of the Linde brother's during World War Two. Other items included in this set are:
- Massive WWII scrap book of newspaper and magazines articles and photos which follow Marine Corps Corporal Lawrence Linde's service during WW2. The book is over 30 pages and stuffed with clippings, its really a step back in time.
- WWII Imperial Japanese Good Luck Flag that is also photographed in an article from 1944 about the Linde brothers in hospital at Pearl Harbor. The flag EXACTLY matches the one in the photo! The flag is silk and measures 28" x 40".
- Small silk WWII Imperial Japanese National flag.
- Small silk WWII Imperial Japanese Army Navy ditty bag.
- Small silk WWII Imperial Japanese Mt. Fugi ditty bag.
- Silk WWII Imperial Japanese purple embroidered scarf.
- Imperial Japanese paper currency notes (7 notes total) denominations are 1 yen, 5 yen (x2), 10 yen (x3), 50 yen.
Overall a wonderful collection of wartime items from two brothers that served in the Pacific Theater during WW2.
The Battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands from 15 June to 9 July 1944. The Allied invasion fleet embarking the expeditionary forces left Pearl Harbor on 5 June 1944, the day before Operation Overlord in Europe was launched. The U.S. 2nd Marine Division, 4th Marine Division, and the Army's 27th Infantry Division, commanded by Lieutenant General Holland Smith, defeated the 43rd Infantry Division of the Imperial Japanese Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Yoshitsugu Saito. The loss of Saipan, with the deaths of at least 29,000 troops and heavy civilian casualties, precipitated the resignation of Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tōjō and left the Japanese archipelago within the range of United States Army Air Forces B-29 bombers.
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