Japanese Army military policemen in a railway car during the Grand Military Exercise, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 1935Japanese cruiser Mikuma anchored in Kagoshima Harbor, 12 Apr 1939.High school girls waving cherry blossom branches to bid farewell to Lieutenant Toshio Anazawa of Japanese Army 20th Shinbu Squadron in Ki-43 Hayabusa, Chiran Airfield, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 12 Apr 1945; Anazawa died in action west of Okinawa, Japan later on the same day at the age of 23Corporal Yukio Araki (with puppy) with fellow pilots of Japanese Army 72nd Shinbu Squadron, Bansei Airfield, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 26 May 1945
Japanese Army military policemen in a railway car during the Grand Military Exercise, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 1935Japanese cruiser Mikuma anchored in Kagoshima Harbor, 12 Apr 1939.High school girls waving cherry blossom branches to bid farewell to Lieutenant Toshio Anazawa of Japanese Army 20th Shinbu Squadron in Ki-43 Hayabusa, Chiran Airfield, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 12 Apr 1945; Anazawa died in action west of Okinawa, Japan later on the same day at the age of 23Corporal Yukio Araki (with puppy) with fellow pilots of Japanese Army 72nd Shinbu Squadron, Bansei Airfield, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 26 May 1945
Devastation of Kagoshima, Japan, 11 Nov 1945
Devastation of Kagoshima, Japan, 11 Nov 1945


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