Interesting Magazine with Paratroopers on Cover

[hftiii]

Hello everyone,

I thought that I would post some pics of a period magazine in my collection, though I'm not sure of its date. Especially neat, at least to me, is the photo of the seemingly well-fed soldiers training with swords--not the emaciated-looking men of the late war period. Thanks for taking a look!

Tom

[ghp95134]

Thanks Tom,

写真週報
Shashin shūhō
Weekly Photo Report

十二月廿日・第三五二号
December 20th, #352.

Based on that info I found more:
写真週報第352号（昭和19年12月20日）

Showa 19 [1944]

Found more covers here

I've seen the photo before of the two officers doing sword forms along with the EMs who are doing the bayonet drills. Cool photo!

Cheers,
-- Guy

[Long Shot]

Yep, judging from the looks in the photos you'd never think that US battleships would be shelling the mainland completely uncontested in a mere 8 months! Gotta love that propaganda machine that keeps people in delusion.

[hftiii]

Thanks for the responses Guy and Long Shot. Guy, as always, I appreciate you taking the time to translate!

Tom

[Nick Komiya]

Complete archive of that magazine is available here Visual Research Resources on Japan in WW2

[hftiii]

Thanks Nick for this resource...great information.

Tom