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VOl.! NO.5 SAPRIL,I945

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G MISSION TOKYUSHU ~ g e 4

G PEASHOOTER PETETALKS TACTICS

G JAPANESE AA

DEVICE FOR BETTERG RADAR BRIEFINCT

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XX I B 0 M BE R e 0 M MAN D

~ I I I T E l l i G E N C E REPORT

XXI BOl.!COM OPERATIONS

LOlr AltitUde Attack on 193 3Mission to RYushu 4Picture O:l. ta Airfield 5Picture Tachiari Airfield 6

PictureOmura

Aircraft Factory 7Small Force Hits Vi tsubishi Plant 8Photo Coverage of the Week 8

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RADAR INTELLIGENCE

FLAK INTELLIGENCE

JAPANESE AIR DEFENSE-

Japanese AA

Peashooter Pete Talks Tactics



" 193"

TorUPl:l'l.tsU F'aetory of th e\ rsenal , T a : i . " ; ~ t 200. W&5 11129,000 sc;uare tee t - de ·

,.heNt.go,apercentstrayed.

In additton t the daoage to l three nI.Cbered targets, two indust r ies w t t ~ o u t nu:::::lbers &."'Id th e cityof Nagoy••ara daoaged.

Duage to Target 196, O!:1gJsaFactory. Nagoya ~ e D a l . included23 shell-flll1n& b"Jlldings, tourbUildings for s to ra ge o f ~ u n 1 t i o Dand explo.siVes plu.s 12 revet tedbul ld1np, ee build1ngs of the forl Ier pot t .e rj · .o-Its DO'II' a part ~ the

arse-nal. The la.st b:Jlldlr\3S c o ~ ·prued 90 percent of the forae:rpo t te.ry workl.

At Target 254, "ltl1ubUhi Elect r ic "anufacturtng CCOp&Q)' , a pees to ra ge a re a of 37,400 feet was de ·stroyed. Storage buildings, maeh.1M shop' boiler house and senrJ!uni4entlrled bUlldlfl6s .ere d a " l l l . ~ t ! .

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' a r ty 11% or 49 alrboroe a i r ·cratt dropped 185 ton.s or bl7.:lbe onth e p ri '! la ry . Thi s wtng encounteredIllore clouds than th e others tJ:Ii wasforcad to drop through u? to 9/10undercast. One aircraf t landed a tI11'O Ji lu.

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ODe hundred twenty a i rcraf t "erelorne. of t1hich 106 dronped 826ot bOlllb. on th e primary rr OlD

to 8,500 teet thrOUlh 0/10 toclouds. 'nu'ee ai rcraf t dropapproximately 20 tons on To,oand Shingu. Three a i rcra t t

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73RD . " I t ~

la...enty nine ai rcraf t were a i r -; 71 dropped 497 tons ~ th ery from '7,000 to 8,700 feet .a1rcraf t . e re missing and threeled a t I11'O Jima fo r mechanical

!nelQ' ai rcraf t OPPOSition was

atorted as n ll to mod8l'ate and in ! feet ive. Flak was meager to in....Ught to heavy, and accurate.

IndividUal Wing reports showedtollowin&:

'l 'arget 193, the MitsublShi A 1 r ~ett: En ain e "o rIa l a t Nagoya OM, Japan. ' largest ai rcraf t piants• b i t by th e Bomber Command againth e ni..eht at 2 4 ~ 2 5 Karch. Clea:o

• sllloke uncovered 173.000 square.t at new damage to th e b i l plant, tour to rive percent at th eIt.a1 roof area.

A t ~ t a l or 1.533 tons of bombs. . d r o v ~ vUually aDd by reelar

• tha 226 ai rcraf t which maele e f Ntive sort ies . There were 2211'1,. returns and five ei rcraf tdeh elid no t re turn from the m is·

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~ . G . XXI B.C. Initial. cu: lJDATI 5 April 1945

It 1s intel'llled that this weekly re_port be a source or lnforrnst1on fo r c o ~ -bIlt crews anll starf ortic81's who have aJ.eglt1lllatA interest In the ope ra ti on s o fthe XXI BOlliber C o t . l 9 l a ~ . ' ~ l t h l n those

lilllit! it shoul!! r ec ei ve t he wides t pos_sible circulation permissible under th eprovisions of AR :\80_5.

In orcle:r thet a MXll'111l1 of in te l l i_gence taa)' be included, th e report 1sgiven an O'Ierall class if ica t ion of Sec_ret. "l'hen the natlU'll or the material-arrerlts, l ~ l v l d u e l articles have re _etlvee! e lOller security clas51r1cetion.

The report 15 so assembled that th eeOllponent SectiOM lI!ey be removed l indc1l'culated or fUed Sllpll.l'etely, It por_tlolLS are rePJ'oducecl, ucur1ty regula_tions lIlust be obse rved and the sourceendUed.

CorrespondenCi regardll18 th1sp u b ~

Hutton shauld be adclressed to the Com_~ r l d l ~ General, XXI DOTII'bllr Comend.

e"f,', ' clo POStrr.aster, San F r a n C l ~ c o .I ornia, Attention: Irt:. or S, A_2.

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27 "arch strike. PIs or t ~ re!!ldential area l S e s U ' ~ , . e d . ~ ~ r eCOIIlland eIU l i s t the to11o-... a.-a "4 boab h tu . 10 4aId-ed

resul ts : ftlrcrart on the r i ~ l d .The de.. . . l n d l e a t ~ by e ~ o ~ s

lines Is (Ir'fIl9tO'lS 4..... ~ 'ClUJ' hangars an.d rOW' 8'8nel'albUU4inss d a ~ s e 4 . Thre. r e-

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ac t ion to this l l I h S l ~ 'i a l repor t s , ) ,

(:]ecret)

no t bomb any target.a t Iwo ,11ma to ,reruel •c ~ a f t were lost . Clal"th e enemy wer e thr ee des...probably destroyed and t"

Thirty nine aire:314th ..,ing went on tothey bombed th e a l r c ~35 0 550 pound boobslS.OOO feet with a haccuracy. Three 0'

ta rg ets o f opportunity.

T:-tis wing had 36 e:

enemy a i rc ra f t , I'IOSU7gine. Opposition was 11

effec t ive however. QII

one Tojo w e ~ e claimed I I

fliotQS on th esho·, th e resul tsTIll '>81.")".,_ (Seer e t)

~ . n u m b e r e a "til to"" "" .,.-eka Tex ti le Mil l, reported to be 8munitions plant now, of which a l l10 buildings were destroyed, andths As8Shi pottery NorkS, o f "hi cl ,al l 16 buildings were destroyed.

In the city of Nngoya 183 acrl:'!::

Par ti al ly i n support o Navy 0il-

erations in the Ryukyus, th e XXIBaRber COllllll8nd launched a two-r ,ingstrike on 27 l·larch against enemyaircraft installations on Yyushu.

Primary targets were t he Tachi_arai and Oita airfie lds. r, i th theO:Iura Urcraft F'actory as !1 pr1"naryrad!!.r target. One hundred alrcr"rt

tron the 73rd ':l1ng and 44 from th e3l4th were a irbo :,n e betvleen 0252and 0425 hours.

Scvunty four of the 73rd 'l/ingll.1rc:"art droj lped 1,024 ~ ' 5 0 - j l o u n dGP, on Tachtar!li airfield visuallyrrt)M 11 500 to 18,000 feet t ~ n ' o u g hb r ; ~ ~ n u ~ d e r c ~ 3 ~ . Thirty nine d ~ o p -C 541 SSO-POunders on Oita air-¥1e1Cl t 38 Visually and one by radar,from 5,100 to 18.000 feet.

~ w e n t y one u n a g ~ r e ~ s i v e and in_etfective atu:.CllS were I!l'lde hy 18e ~ e ~ aircraft oVer ~ a c h l a r a i bu tnone attacked over Oils. Flak waaheavy, ~ ~ a g e r and inaCcurate oVerO1ta; 'neager to "Oderate at lJsull:lnay; beavy, C O d e ~ ~ t e , inaccurate"',e!' ~ P P u Day; hCbl')', r"l

e8ee r and

na"eurate oVer 1'aChinral.

FOUl' airc:-art of this "ina did



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this p h o t ~ o r a p h . ~ ¥ O ~ I n ' ~ l l a ttcn, d ~ e d are two asse-blybul1dlnss and ~ ~ . e m a e " l n e . s ~ ~ ~ .In a dd iti on t o se ver al ~ l s e e l l a n _sous buildings. ~ o ~ c previous ~ ~ r .a ~ also 1s visible.

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, rur3 ~ l r c H n r t r3C.ryus"lu. I t was 3.ttac":ed on

~ by aircraft of the 314ththe accuracy or their h o ~ ~

evident fro,," th e annoUtionst r o y ~ and (b."'1Clged are.!lS on

· l j ~ ~ 1 ~ Wr " , . : ~ 1 s is 'rachllll'nt AirfIeld'""""qU. I t was hit onatr traf t ot the on 27 l'arch byPhoto reVeals etght73f(l Wing, This

dalliseCl or destro ~ ntne hangarsto tamage to bUl1dY, • In addi tion

n In the Shop



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J' .., ..•10&1e p la ne J ap f avo rit. , IIla7lapproach frOCl al\7 dlreet loabut acrlll8111 e omes rr 011 el tberItba t ront or rear quarters.attaelr: Is usuall.1 pressed to

quartars, breakloa In a dh·• •Ous roum th a t 10ns ranpn r e otten eaus. If1PP1 toart earlJ.

-Le!llo'De oute herel Clear th a tunnel I -:\'hera's that t n t e r r o ~ t 1 ? n s gu,:r?eonvtoced - The bt& Iron Bird tUes . b<Jt le t . . , . s':;l111 the beans. lsp,te.r tect ies, aod se t t ' ha l l back to "!lY O"ltt1t."

as a 'sand.baS· and. bl'o\.!'\er. set ,0ar 5-2 tor_ "Md"

r • 6-000""'tOUtlgh c ~ .. "11' .. "oil'r om , 07,9Qot;"'

""o a i rc ra t t ..,.

enemy aircrat t were: ....

t1nued on thelr !a1 '"started a PlU'sUltotf a t 1,000 yards, - ~ meager and I n a c c u r a ~ . - O O I I I

~ ,~ : ; ~~ d e s t r O y e d by Allted It!

I"the Jap g o v e r ~ II~ t h e

people to'Quo,;

,materials sUch II'meta l wares, l1cht~ l e a t h e r and rebl'1C1,~ a r e Sent Br01Uld"~ t h e materials. Ot__~ " " ' = ~

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R H O ~ N A I S S A N C t25 March through 31 March 1945

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1I:SSION DATE AREACOVERAGE

3PR51495 24 War Shimonosekl, Tokuyama 6",24",40"lI96 24 War Nagoya, Osaka6",24",40""9'1 2S Ja r ShimonosekiAbortive1198 24 .. . Takasaki, FukushIma 6".24",40'11to

51r199 25 liar Nagoya, r.umano6" ,24",40"11100 25 lIar

Kyushu East &: South6".24",40"urum.

10/10 cloud

5M101 27 Yar ~ h East &: South

S\Q.02 28 Var Kurum.Os.ka

6" ,24",40"M103 28 llar ~ h South &: East6".24",40"Kurume, r.atsushlro

SlU04- 28 Ilar Shlmunosek!'lure, Kyushu East

6" ,24".40"SlUOs 29 l.!ar

Kure24" .40"

511106 29 IlarY.yl,lShu South &: East

Abortiveasebo, Shlmonosekt5lU07 29 l!ar Y.urume

Sasebo, Shlmonosekl 6" ,24" .40"n0 8 30 ~ a KYUShu East5'0.09 ~ I.{JU> Nanpo Sh.oto

6" ,24" ,40"akaSak l , ~ u k u s h l l l 1 1 l .6",24" ,40·

Production at tb e KitsubisbiAircraft Plant a t Nagoya, t a rge t193, r an i nto ad ditio nal dif t icul-t ies on th e nig ht of 30-31 March.

'The 314th Wing mounted 14 a1rerat t against th e plant on thatnight and 12 of them dropped 199500.pound OP bombs on th e target .One other aircraft bombed a targetof oppor tunity . Bombing 11'85 done



{I ) &asel and bo.:;e made of plywood)r other sUitable ~ a t c r i . a . l .

(2 ) Tracie a adjustobla r.:'.cl, fo rsupporting 35 nm c n ~ e r a .' (3) Flood-lightS fo.!' i l lumination'o f photo-easel .

(4 ) 35 mn copy ca.lIero or o t ~ . e r 35i mm c ~ e r 8 suitable fo r ~ a ~ l n ~ films t r ip .

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As soon as the 1 I 0 0 0 / e ~ n t s of theenemy planes beconc c lev , tt:ey\'fill be announced promptly. Hence,please res t yourselves and be callijust before dUhin,;' out to fi&ht.Shall we not fight against th e enemy planes with th e spirit of actually lIleetil"l8 the enflClY?

2246 _ Planes spotted !"roa postsin !OiiI'ns expected to reach Nagoyaarea b e ~ e e n e3:30 and 2400.

- The air rald wa:mil"l8 ishereby ordered fo r tne ~ r . ' ; l r e co..stof the Toke.ido area. (Tokyo 'll'estto 40 miles ....s t or ND/SOya __ doesno t include Kobe and Osaka).

2337 _ As of 2229 enec:y planeswhieTi"'iU-e believed to be ':Illde up oft . .o each, are heading northwest 0'1_

er th e waters southeast pf t he Shi ma Peninsula. In addl t1bn t o t hi S,there ar e two more ob'ects (object!!is ulual terrainology for O:lr attacld.ng aircraf t) fol101t'ing a!)dheading nort}!.. I t 1s helieTed thatthese planes will reach •••• r.&8;oyaabout e3oo. ('n11s esti-:ate was anhour too ear 1,y) •

Let us f1s:ht tonis:ht as:a1n. ~ r you sure that there ar e no obstac:1e5

in your path? Are a l l yOOf' Min a ttheir i'ltattons already? ~ r c : 1 ' 1 espCCial care as ree;!.l'(Is vnc: n houses. In rtehtlng at n18ht i t 1 taportant to s:et your eyf's a c c ~ ' -tomed to the darkn-U. Have Fre:,arations been Mde fo:, the cell"'!'

boles?_ It is believed there are

15 iIiiUtes before the a11" 1":l.1d.'i'l'arning is ordered ro r th e c:1tj ofNqo ya . Pl ea se onlre aU p"eparations fo r a cc.plete battle.

Please uke aU preparations to.

a supply or _ te l ' . Row alch .:IAte'rdo you han arc:u.n4 you? P.o- . ~ the prepara t ion . o f your b \l e' ket l?Ho.. about .. .en cup,?

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(Guao time)t o f 24-25 ~ a r c h unti l th e las t, had cleared the Nagoya area,Jap redia prodded the hoCle de e __ no" ..arning, now cajoliI1&,pleading. This is SOP duringthe XXI Bomber Command o p e . r Q ~against the Japanese Empire.

A t ranslation of excerpts trocJap broadcasts, m'lde before,De and af ter th e 24_25 Marchion, is se t down b£lo.. fo r i ts'a l in terest value•• Times a tb egin nin g o f each item ar etime. Times in th e bOOy of

ttems ar e Tokyo time.

I B I W ~ E t_ - I t is suspected that

rro11l:18tions of l arge- type en planes have headed northwestth e Bonin Island group. It

;. planes u e heading toward HaI i t i s bel1eved that they " i l l~ Ragoya bet.een 2330 and 2400.

,Althc:u.gh these instruct.ions ar e,ently given, have every pO!l!li~ o n t a i n e r f i l led with water,th e things both inslde and

id e o f your hou se In order aDd

everythifll; prepared so thatwill be able to fight without,et,.•

azlm<.l.th el l 'c le fOundpcriphery of tl 'c scopeinforllltttion s t r ip Whichal t i tUde, bearilll; , ·.r-d It.tillongi tude of th e scope pb

other per t inent infor"'.o.UClposed of paper squares belr:bel'S en d l e t t e rs r . ~ i c hchanged readi ly as theprogre3ses.

The m ~ p s u s e ~ inblack and '.'!hite t r ~ c i r . e sland-water contrast an(!

tar l ;et plans . The route toth e terget area is lnd'la y i tl8 paper s t r ips \ ' 1 1 t ~direction arrows ovor tbI

""p.

The s e t ~ u p fo r procluct1C1

35 mn f l lm-s tr ips may be ~ us e materlgls : nd equlpmeDt:eble Without s r rec t lnc thepurpose of the fi lm,present th e radar a!'Pl"withdrawel routes fo r ~ th e b e st d e li n ea t io n aJ'd 0'

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' ~ h c J:"roouctlon of the f l ln-s t r lpincorporates tr.e use of a lDask

which completely f i l ls t h frnrne ofth e 35 mm copy camera. 1'hls 15placed on th e easel of .:!! e'l'=lere_stand ,ma th e radar scope photo,outline oap, end i n f o r ~ a t i o n s t r ipar e placed under it so as t o a 'p ea rin their proper openings. These arechanget by raiSing the ~ s and i n ser t ins th e ncT-t scope photo anddate fo r ench sequence. I t is no tnecessary to chall8e th e r.lep eacht1!!le as translucent lI!isks ~ a v i l l 8range circles cu t ou t ar e placedover th e outl ine map and may bemoved to indicate th e cover38e oreach scope photo.

The l i n e - o ~ ~ f l i g h t i n d i ~ ~ t o r isa White paper s tr ip laid aero;;!! th escope photo to indicete th e l ~ h b e r _l ine of th e aircraf t . The bparll"'.g('of this line can hfI reRd frflt11 t.'ie

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1:egoya, 14 ~ c h : "!'le ~ n e ~planes t 'ly ing over "hoh!":1 c:e.;,. t ' ,, !

n1ght of 10 " : L r c ~ dro;''''8d "''':'''.r . . . . ,...ci ls 1I'!1ieh contr,lre.:" e . x ~ i · . ~ ~ · : t Icne:Dlca ls .. h 1 c ~ injured Lr.noccr.tchildren who ~ l c : { e d t ~ , c uj) • • • • ' : " l / ' ~ ·lQsy 31so drop fou nt ai n ; ' en ! 1.rJ.

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is deSired that those gno ar e g : ) i ~t o t ra ve l rerrain frOID rushtl"-8 toge t transportation dur ing the nextday or so but eClllp1y with the w ~ h _es or the rall11'ay officials concerned. "

Japenese home radio service, 13March: "The r.wanto (Tokyo area)

Munitions Superintendent's orticehas i s s u e ~ the rollowlng ann':TJnce.IIlent. to rectory worlrers and e::ployeftS who su rfe re d f re e th e air rail!:'You people had your ractories destroYed b/ the recent a ir r81d orhave lost ea:p101Iteat. You people,bowever, lII.lst consider thb cb.."''l,seas h"lving orfered 8 ch"nce o C':!n·

structlng 8 new production struc·ture that is ClUing to th e dpclsiv e WfU'the c'mdltlons'.1t

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I am together wI th th e one h u n ~d million people burning withignation against th e enel:!Y's a r :W1ce and irreverence snd renewed,ngeful thoughts come from the,ttOlll of my :-:'eart. I om solennly'termined not to gIve up Ul'ltU wetroy th e enemy.·

Japanese home service, Tokyo,

Karch: "The Tokyo RaUwayBur

now running e igh t s pcci al'ains from Uyeno Station in Ol'dertral'l5f'ort those who have surfer~ r o m d a ~ a g e in air roids •••••• lt

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p ~ ~ Tokyo bome se rv ice ra dio , on 25

Ib: A sta tement issued by Premieroso: MToday, Febr\1tll'y 25 , enBIllYcraf t ratcHng the capi ta l d a r ~;l y resorted to th e outrage oropping bombs on the Imperia l Newseau of the Imperial Householdnistr, . and th e guarcb s tat ion of

Omiya Palace which is an awe

p1ring act. Needless to say,e l ' extremely slight. How_er. &S a subject I am fI l led withepidatlon.

I i l llDedletely proceeded to thelace and paid my respects to HIs,Jesty and (again proceeded to the.lace) and inquIred of th e E m p . r ~" heal th . TOltOl-rOl' morning I11 be receIved in aucHence by thelperor and I inten.:i to mai'.e a pro'ound apology on behalf of th e c ab

t members.

Tokyo7 1.1arch: liThe

clUb, headed by·cal led a meeting somt

head men o f these elulll.I\r i ta and Yoshio As aDO,known 8S key of the 'vers i ty and SOMe otb"Japan. This m e e t i n g " ' ~Friday and a l l the meath e meeting voicedas to what to do andto make Japan a IItrOI

l'19h t th e aggressor"noblemen who a t tend"unanimously ag r e ed "an's war armaments ..S f h 1 . . . . . . _ ... .. .. .. .. ~

0303 - By the Vi i_of ou r a ir defense UDiU,

erable to ta lot war

Ibeen achieved. I'Ihen tIM

enemy planes shot dCli

grouna Should be s.c i t izens . I pray t.e f for t . II-

0133 - You ""'t IlOtdestroYing hOUSes 4of' t ires.

W1l.1 soona south_

0055 - The enemy planespenetrate into Nagoya frO!ller n direction.

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0056 - N'J,mber one has penetratedi n t ~ o y a . Number two will soonpenetrate into Nagoya. Nun:ber threeis heading north in the waters l'lCI'thor Tsu.

r'larnings succeeded for severa lareas as announcements of more andmore approaching planes were made.)

0015 - Since th e enemy planastonight ar e changing the i r tact ics ,

they tDaJ enter !"rom a l l di rec t ions .Please be aler t . Also, please beattenti\ 'e for th e sound of planetDotors becAllse frtencUy planes arealso present to illl.ercept in th e1:8g0>'8 area.

0111 The enemy Planes are drop..Pini'""l'ncendiaries and eXPlosives;so be sure to wait in th e ca se ofexplos tves fo r them to go off bu tdaSh in to put out incendiary fires.

m2l - Our interCepting uni tsarer!,s 'hting gallantly. One ene/llYplane has been Shot down. SOltepeople must have seen the enemyplane go do'l'f!l with black SIllO!ms t r e 8 J l l ~ 1 l & behind i t . Please do YOUI'est.

0l2S The fieht ~ a i n s t incen_dIary "'5C1.'lbs is decieed in th e f i r s tfive llinutes. Please ey.tingUlshfires before they spread.

013) - Taklll£ Out your hOUsehole!efreetS is importa nt . In order tominimize the number or fires le tus a ll Work t071ard putting , Outfires promptly. le t us concentrateon t h surrounCl.1ng or central fires.

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th e struggle around Berlin.

Already seriousl)' ttlreatenecl ontblt au t b1 the RusslaDl 4r.wa upalQAB the Ode:." Hi"I" , BerllD 11 ta -

"-- ...... ""'Ill great battlee ot

Europflan history. a battle whichprObably will determine the !!ura...

the European War, has open...the Germans ar e braced tar

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and squalls could be llIentiO!lll"no t described In de tan . 2Iliperature could be mentl0tled 11~ ~ ~ : ~ ; ~ ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ n ~ ~ ~ o ; ~ . -ted to discuss the brilb'the moon snd stars .

Personal le t ters to tbtwlte or sweetheart were per:

and ""'oo ld be handled l1btr;ftn it they ar e to o intimate-.

The recreational taell!'the Jap soldier overseas i , .ly guarded secret !'rca tbIa t home. No mention eouldot brothels, te a houses, bulltaurants, etc. The suttlef rUit and candy could nottiOned. RegUlations specp r O h i b i t e ~ mention of enyth:might Cause envy or obJecUthe home tront.

'1be date ot th e letWl

hints at the d8 te "ere tlPhotographs were permittedthat only one t ree was lacthe background. No phoToOSIlowed shOWing the sea, beacll,natives. Jap civil ians,bUildings or mountains.

Severe puniShment was .any solcHer who attempted

censorShip. (From AU S

om an enemy docuoent capturede Pac1Cic a look at Japl!l.nese

irship 15 obtaIned. 'nle regu·inc luded the norea l prohlb

lS on Inrormation or mIlItary! and l1mIted the types or mailh 'l'.B.y be pcsted.

!an was United to r irst cloSS: and prlnt!d post cards, eIther~ t a r y or ai r correspondence1s . No ai r mail letters, packs (e xc ept Imperial gifts and,10nal bonds), letters requlringJCial handllng, r eg is te red, In ' ed, specla l del lvery, etc. werelowed.

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'RF.5TRICTICNS ON CO;mESPONDErCp:

! " 5 1 ! l J . ' > ' ! 1 1 ~ . .

The restrictions on letter wrlt_ng cover a wide range or SUbJects.io mention or hint could be made of.ocation. MSoutll Seas Area- waslo t permi tt ed , for to the Japanesethat Would indicate that the wrlterwas . 0 0 0 0 e w h ~ r e In -Sumatra, J ava ,Borx.o or lew Guinea-. The same 8P_Ipl1e<l to "South BellS" which reveal_ed presenCi3 in the Carolines, I&ar_

shalls ar.d the l ia rt anas . They"ere allowed to mentlon "laM or

j u n e n d l ~ \UlIlmer" or -Southern coun_try".

beVel's! speCiflc prOh

lbttionsI "ere listed regardIng locat ion:

"Do not write; 'I "'111 be the bul ..wark of the actflc I and do notdescribe th e ClOUds 80 as t.o reveal

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