Something different...

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Wreckage from a shot down B-29

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Homestyle band

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NLF

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Type 92 Battalion Gun indoors.

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Insect covers on heads..

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Tank factory

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Pilots visit memorial.Port Arthur?

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From Blossoms in the Wind,M.G.Sheftall.

Kaiten buntai sections 1945

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Tanks in China

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Prince Chichibu

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Construction troops

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Wrestling on deck

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Girls in factory.

In March 1944 all high schools across the country closed down until the duration of hostilities.Girl students between 16 to 18 were often shipped off to urban areas as "volunteers" to work in factories for the war effort.

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In September 1943 conscription was extended to university students.Only those in a science courses(medicine,agriculture,veterinary etc) were exempt:these later areas of study were considered vital for the present and future benefit of Japan.

Student nationalists--by 1944 most would be in military service.

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In 1944 conscription was extended to Korea.

This photo was on ebay a while back,sorry cannot remember seller.

Postcard was marked Pusan so these might be Koreans.