WW2 Japanese Patriotic Postcards The Soldier's museum would like to thank our Sponsors whose generous donation of time and resources has made this gallery page possible. Translations by Tom
Helm of the Northern California Japanese
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Yuyake no Kaijo
wo yuku sensuikan Submarines underway
at sunset upon the open ocean |
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Nampasen
wo tasukeru kuchikukan Iizuka Reiji egaku Destroyer coming
to the aid of a shipwreck |
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(Beikoku
Kaigun Daienshu) Bei kantai mosha no sokan (Large scale US
naval exercises) |
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Tekikan
wo nerau Gyorai Hassha-kan Iizuka Reiji egaku Taking aim on an
enemy ship with torpedo tubes |
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Choton
no Shingun
Marching out at the break of dawn |
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Torpedo
Destroyers Saishin-kei Kuchikukan dotochu no koshin The latest class of Destroyers forging ahead thru heavy seas |
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Unsosen
wo mamoru kuchikukan Matsuzoe Takeshi egaku Destroyers escorting
(protecting) Troop ships picture by Matsuzoe |
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Teikoku
kaigun no Shunobu (Showa 11nen 7gatsu 9nichi genzai)
Nagano Osamu Kakka Kaigun Daijin Kaigun Taisho Fujita Hisanori kakka Gochinjufu Shirei-chokan Kaigun Taisho Fushimi no miya Hiroyasu Odenka Gunreibu-Socho Yonai Mitsumasa kakka Yokosuka chinjufu shirei-chokan Kaigun Chusho Matsushita Hajime kakka Sasebo chinjufu shirei-chokan kaigun chusho Our Imperial Navy
Leadership (brain trust) His Excellency Fujita Hisanori Commander-in-chief Naval Forces, Admiral His Highness Fushimi
no miya Hiroyasu Secretary General Naval General His excellency Yonai
Mitsumasa His Excellency Matsushita
Hajime |
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Sensuikan
wo daiteyasumaseru Sensuibokan Iizuka Reiji egaku
Submarines harboring safely with a Submarine Tender |
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Suiraisentai
yami ni jojite tekino shuryokukan wo osou Suzuki Gyosui egaku Destroyer squadron
taking advantage of the nighttime attack an enemy capitol ship |
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Teki no shuryokukan ni gyorai wo hanatsu raigekiki Suzuki Gyorai egaku Torpedo planes releasing
their weapons on an enemy capitol ship |
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Teki
no sensuikan wo gekichin-suru kuchikukan Matsuzoe Takeshi egaku Destroyers sinking
an enemy submarine |
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Gaikoku
no Minato ni haitta Renshukan no hosho Ito Kikuzo egaku Sentry on a training
ship entering a foreign harbor |
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Ryojun Senseki
Nogi Taisho Togo Taisho kaiken kinen Port Arthur war
record - commemorating the meeting of Admiral Togo
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Waga
kantai no soshiki (Showa 11 nen do) Our fleet organisation (11th year of Showa ) Dai ichi kantai
( First Fleet) Dai ni Kantai
(Second Fleet) Dai San kantai
(Third Fleet) Renshu kantai
(Training Fleet) Shashin wa ue kara (photos from the top down) Rengo Kantai
ken Dai ichi Kantai Shireichokan Dai ni Kantai
Shireichokan Dai san Kantai
Shireichokan |
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