| Item title: | Reference manual on landing operations |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/2) 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 5/2 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-25 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 84 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 13/7/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | LANDING CRAFT, MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, MILITARY TRAINING, TRAINING, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, EMBARKATION |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Gorari [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda–Wairopi Area] Bismarck Archipelago [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Gorari on 11 November 1942 during the Japanese retreat from campaigns in the Owen Stanley Ranges. The document is a reference manual on landing operations and contains detailed instructions on pre-arranged landing plans, the defence of convoys, executing landing operations in the tropics, the continuation of landing. This item also contains diagrams and charts on disembarkation procedures, duty rosters, and safety precautions. This item would have been distributed widely among Japanese forces in preparation for the invasion of the Bismarck Archipelago. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:59 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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