| Item title: | Diagrams and specifications of cave construction type installations |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/36) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/36 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-393 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 15 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 20/9/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | CONSTRUCTION, FORTIFICATIONS, GUN EMPLACEMENTS, ENTRENCHMENTS, DEFENCES, TECHNICAL MANUALS |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Luzon [Philippines] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Woodpecker Ridge, Rizal, Luzon, on 23 May 1945 during the Allied campaign to recapture the Philippines. This item is a selective translation of a file entitled "File of cave construction plans" held and presumably drawn by Ito Force. (One diagram is dated 3 March 1945) It contains diagrams and specifications of a battalion command posts, ration dump, wireless communication trench, first aid station, protected quarters for troops, a Moko ("fierce tiger") cave, a Rekka ("fierce fire") cave, regimental gun platoon position an a battalion gun position. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:23 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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