| Item title: | Letter from OKUMURA Tamotsu to the front-line troops |
| Title (romaji): | Okumura Tamotsu yori zensen minasama ate no tegami |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/3/39) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | AWM 82 captured Japanese documents |
| AJRP sub-series: | ADVATIS material captured in the Philippines 1944-45 |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 1/3/39 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/3/- ADVATIS material captured in the Philippines 1944-45 |
| Item: | 1/3/39 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 1 letter, handwritten mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Correspondence |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 8/12/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, PROPAGANDA, MORALE |
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| Names: | OKUMURA Tamotsu |
| Sender: | OKUMURA Tamotsu |
| Recipient: | Front line troops |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Philippines |
| Content: | This item consists of a letter from OKUMURA Tamotsu, the principal of the Gifu City Kanô Public School, to the troops at the front line. It contains encouragement prayers for success in the continuing campaigns to construct the so-called "Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere". It was probably captured in the Philippines in late 1944 or early 1945. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Letter from OKUMURA Tamotsu to the front-line troops |
| ATIS number: | |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | OKUMURA Tamotsu |
| Names (kanji ): |  |
| Sender: | OKUMURA Tamotsu |
| Sender (kanji): | |
| Recipient: | Front line troops |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Philippines |
| Date of acquisition: | |
Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:06:48 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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