Japanese soldiers' identification tags
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Hi SignalCorpsLeonard,
You should be aware there is no surviving record of who carried tne tag, that information was destroyed in the field with his company's other documents.
Best to keep it, it's as much your family's heritage as anything else now. BTW, he was in the 6th Company (tag middle column), 16th Engineer Regiment.
hysteric
You should be aware there is no surviving record of who carried tne tag, that information was destroyed in the field with his company's other documents.
Best to keep it, it's as much your family's heritage as anything else now. BTW, he was in the 6th Company (tag middle column), 16th Engineer Regiment.
hysteric
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I have a question about the significance of using katakana characters (ヘ, ホ, カ) on the following 5th Independent Mixed Regiment / 独立混成第5聯隊 tags.
Do they distinguish between each Company, instead of 1st Company, 2nd Company, etc.?
Occupations within the regiment?
Thanks,
hysteric
Do they distinguish between each Company, instead of 1st Company, 2nd Company, etc.?
Occupations within the regiment?
Thanks,
hysteric
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Japanese soldiers identification tags
It could also be a marking used by a Japanese laundry during the US occupation. I have had US. Army uniforms in which this was done.
Maybe someone will translate the characters and shed more light.
Maybe someone will translate the characters and shed more light.
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Code number 7746(top 4 characters on the right) is the from the 2nd Infantry Regiment witch was part of the 14th Division - this unit was on Palau
I must assume that the number 17 under the code number is the company number(?) - the left side is solder number 150
I must assume that the number 17 under the code number is the company number(?) - the left side is solder number 150
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Hi there, my brother-in-law discovered some items his father apparently brought back from his time in the Pacific. He was not in touch with his dad for most of his life and knows very little about his service, other than that he was in the US Army and served in the Pacific. He doesn't even know if he was there during the fighting or the Occupation.
There are a couple of omamori, a neat folding omamori from a temple and a couple of private rank tabs. I am particularly interested in the ID tags, because they should tell the units the tags are from. From what I understand the numbers on the right side are coded references to units, and the center and left, subunit and soldier number. I also notice there is no kanji code...not sure what this means. The other tag, with the numbers running horizontally I have no clue about. Any info you can give would be highly appreciated.
There are a couple of omamori, a neat folding omamori from a temple and a couple of private rank tabs. I am particularly interested in the ID tags, because they should tell the units the tags are from. From what I understand the numbers on the right side are coded references to units, and the center and left, subunit and soldier number. I also notice there is no kanji code...not sure what this means. The other tag, with the numbers running horizontally I have no clue about. Any info you can give would be highly appreciated.
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Left top - 5640 (28th Cavalery Regiment - Miyako Jima, Iriomote Jima, Ishigaki Jima in Ryukyu Islands)
Bottom right - 5623 (36th Infantry Regiment - Mimamidaito Jima and Okinawa)
Bottom left - 10608 (105th Division Engineer Unit - Luzon)
He seems to have served in Luzon and Okinawa.
Taki
Bottom right - 5623 (36th Infantry Regiment - Mimamidaito Jima and Okinawa)
Bottom left - 10608 (105th Division Engineer Unit - Luzon)
He seems to have served in Luzon and Okinawa.
Taki
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Wow, thanks so very much! We really don't know if he got these from someone else as souvenirs, or found them himself. The condition of the omamori gives me some hope that at least one of these guys made it back.
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The father may have served in the US 7th or 77th or 96th divisions as they fought in the Philippines and Okinawa campaigns
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We recently found these among my grandfather’s possessions. Might we get some assistance in identifying them? Thanks!
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Both were from the same unit, Arashi 934(?) unit. Arashi means 116th Division. But, such an unit code as 934 is not known.
Taki
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Isn't it was 風 Kaze, not 嵐 Arashi?Akira Takizawa wrote: ↑04 Jan 2021, 13:07Both were from the same unit, Arashi 934(?) unit. Arashi means 116th Division. But, such an unit code as 934 is not known.
Taki
風 was the 兵団文字符 Unit Code Letter of 陸軍航空本部 Army Air Administration HQ. 風934 seems to have be deactivated before the war.
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I make the lower one to be KAZE 9314 My list shows that it is KAZE and is the 13 Field Air Repair Depot
the top one I make as 7314 that should be HIROSHI for the 58th Division BUT IS NOT
the top one I make as 7314 that should be HIROSHI for the 58th Division BUT IS NOT
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