April 5, 2024
WW2 JAPANESE MEATBALL BATTLE FLAG, THE BATTLE OF VIGAN 10TH DEC 1941
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WW2 JAPANESE MEATBALL BATTLE FLAG, LANDING AT VIGAN 10TH DEC 1941 26" inch x 36" This WW2 Japanese battle flag was for the landing at Vigan in the Philippines on the 10th of December 1941. ( Written at the left top of the flag ) According to wiki " The 14th Army began its invasion with a landing on Batan Island (not to be confused with Bataan Peninsula), 120 miles (190 km) off the north coast of Luzon, on 8 December 1941, by selected naval infantry units. Landings on Camiguin Island and at Vigan, Aparri, and Gonzaga in northern Luzon followed two days later.Two B-17s attacked the Japanese ships offloading at Gonzaga. Other B-17s with fighter escort attacked the landings at Vigan. In this last coordinated action of the Far East Air Force, U.S. planes damaged two Japanese transports, the cruiser Naka, and the destroyer Murasame, and sank one minesweeper." Written on the flag at the bottom of the photo (right side of the flag close to the burnt section) "The first step of Great East Asia War" (which how it was called in Japan and the use was banned by GHQ after the war) " Effect a landing in the face of the enemy at Vigan" One last interesting thing thats written on the flag was the person or unit who carried the flag was of Christian faith, few writings on the flag saying 'God' & 'Jesus Christ' as less than 1% of the Japanese population
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