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Bamboo Army Sun Helmets, really?

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    ... The wonderful news of the perfection of a helmet, which will fight back the enemy raids, comes from Tokushima Prefecture. The inventor is Harukichi Yamashita of Maruyama-mura, Oya-gun. The helmet is made of bamboo, thus saving valuable steel. Stating that steel is too good for our own use and should be used only on the fighting lines, Yamashita thought of the idea of making a helmet from bamboo and finally succeeded in his efforts. This bamboo helmet is said to be able to withstand a blow from a shell fragment weighing 20 grams, flying at a speed of 50 meters a second. ...It is an excellent helmet, measuring up to par with that of steel, and moreover, it permits good circulation of air. The Japan Air Defense Society immediately gave it class “A” approval.
    (Radio Tokyo, Japanese language broadcast, 1945-05-08)

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