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NH 73514 Philippine Invasion, 1941-1942.

Philippine Invasion, 1941-1942.
Title: Philippine Invasion, 1941-1942.
Caption: Japanese "thousand stitch belts" drying on a barbed wire fence, during the Luzon Campaign, 1942. These belts, made by a soldier's loved ones, were supposed to protect the owner when carried into battle. Copied from the Japanese book: "Philippine Expeditionary Force," by Gasei, published in 1943.
Description: Courtesy of Dr. Diosdado M. Yap, Editor-Publisher, Bataan Magazine, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Catalog #: NH 73514
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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