Japanese KIA Group (Translation and Identification)
Article about: I purchased a group of items that a veteran captured during his time in the Pacific. I believe all items belonged to the same Japanese soldier. I do not have any history on the veteran that
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Congrats on this pickup, a very nice tag. The cloth ID is not from the Angaur/Peleliu area but civilian used in the Philippines. I can see the 81st Div. collecting arc, but the group was not all from the same Japanese soldier.
Tom
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Concur about the names Miyamae Seikichi [宮前清吉] and Miyamae Taichirō [宮前太一郎] that are written on the board. Taichirō could also be pronounced Tai'ichirō
The red fabric with writing: too faint to read, even after trying to adjust colors.
The plastic covered ID is for a local national (Philippino?) worker -- have seen these on the fora before. I'm assuming Philippines .... maybe someone can make out my broken reading:
パ%がツナ%
マ%ガルが% Ma%garuga%
Above Sun: No. 157 91
Below Sun:47*
イド Ido
レムノダ Remunoda /Lemnoda
I cannot figure out the katakana he writes as % -- the writer is not Japanese.
The bag appears to have a person's name, but I cannot figure out that last kanji:
いほ iho [dunno!]
夏目 軍* Natsume Gun*
-- Guy
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Guy,
The far right パ%がツナ% is Pangasinan in the PI. Many of these tags that were brought back as souvenirs were from this part of the PI for some reason. The 47 is the person's age. Normally, many are marked by the simple form of 歳, but in this case, "nen" is used.
The red cloth is a good luck charm from a Shinto shrine, but kanji can't be made out.
Tom
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That's awesome, thank you so much for the help on the translations!
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Thanks Tom!
パンがツナン
Pangashinan
Pangasinan
マンガルがン
Mangarugan
Mangalugan [name]
イド
Ido [surname]
47年
47 years [is that really 年??????]
-- Guy
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47年
47 years [is that really 年??????]
-- Guy
As far as I can tell: ネン
Tom
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Thank you both! So nice to put names and locations to the items.
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