「東京大空襲」　丹信義 the great tokyo air raid, nobuyoshi tan

8/3/2019 The Great Tokyo Air Raid, Nobuyoshi Tan

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Bombing of Tokyo in the World Warthat I experienced

at the time of six years old

20111 15

72Bombing of Tokyo in the Word War

6

1943

strategic bombing 1944 11

1 1945 5 251945 8 15

1945 8 15calendar

yearfully years

1938 8 151940 3 1942 3

1944 35 1944 3 1 2

prosecutor 2

Figure 1my family's house


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3 51942 2 1

3 5

1941 7 10

hospital 2 11

1941 12 8

uptown

3

my grandfathermy grandmotherbrothersister

4 President Franklin D.

Roosevelt

a tank for watersupply for fire fighting 1.5m 1m 1m 35


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mosquito larva

air-raid shelter 1m 1.5m 2.5m5m 50cm3

incendiary bombdirect impact

penetration

2

10

dogscatsbecause

of the very bad food situation

skirtmens

national uniforms during WW

11

helmet

brow

temple bells

shells

ladle

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/kmy22jp/31566990.htmlair raid fire hood

http://www.geocities.jp/aoi1936/1/newpage3.htm
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http://www3.kcn.ne.jp/~eatyhiro/new_page_42.htm

http://www3.kcn.ne.jp/~eatyhiro/new_page_42.htm

decisive battle slogan

a town assembly chief

falling down
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labor service

cleaningcocking

bathscrap woods

Do not fall down till I shoot an enemy

and destroy ithttp://www.cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/~tamura/utitesiyamann.htm

The luxury is an enemy

http://www.cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/~tamura/utitesiyamann.htm

actual planes

airplane model

BoeingB-29Superfortressa utility

poletheceiling

16 4 1elementary school 22 3 315

the

slums

covered with mucus
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http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2124868128513631744/2124868738978993548

flag-raising ceremony pole

the Sino-Japanese War

kindergarten

3 5

1944 19

kindergarten closedown law1944 45

3

6Saipan 5

tremble B-29

1944.8.15 6

50m 70

100

1975.12.1 30

stone wall 1945.5.23conflagration

1944 10freight trainrailroad track

JRarmored vehicle
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artillery

1944.11.1 B-29air defense alarmair-raid alarm

B-29 1

B-29

11

4km

B-29vapor trails

factory districts

vague information

3000

blackoutstreetlamp

illuminationsupport

unpatriotic

personsbellows

1m

36 36

175cm

20

physical examination for conscription

Tokyo Imperial Universitythe faculty of law

regimental commander

crowssparrowsexplosion

antiaircraft gunnoise of firing

B-29

submarine 2

cinema theater

US Navy shipsswordsheath 1

actor6

4a kindergartnerWaseda Universitya mascot character


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promoting fighting spirit

If a light leaks out a little, an enemy plane will be invited

decreehttp://otomodachi.net/toukakansei.htm

http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n85822453

animationa shot

http://nicosound.anyap.info/sound/sm7569548

http://dprkbb.exblog.jp/m2007-02-01/

1944.12.7 1M7.9earthquake

B-29
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1944.12.27 2

1 B-29 B-29

interceptor fighters

1a friendly fighter

peanut

1 2

Saigon cinnamon

1

acorn

20kmrich man 2

1

the Nanjing National Government of China

a high official for the government

turbanan Indian

12

1945 2

30cm 3 3

shoesrucksack

antiaircraft hood

7the Imperial HeadquartersPhilippine

Leytean offensive and defensive battle

150

General Tomoyuki Yamashitathe supreme commander


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B-29North AmericanP-51

Mustang

1corporal 1944.12.3 B-29

return alive

P-51 gallant

enterprise B-29main

wings 5

12 B-29

P8

12 Mitukoshi

Department store

2 (

B-29

http://home.earthlink.net/~sshinoda/wing/hien-b29.jpg

searchlight

B-29 B-29 4 2

comrade planes

antiaircraft projectiles B-29flight

B-29

hit

during nighttime air raid

projectile fragmentfish sausage
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B-29

fountain pensbombs

B-29

B-29 3000m 1000m

B-29

1000

Pearl

Harbor

1945.2.17 B-29B-29

carrier-borne aircraft

5 24

B-29

a friendly fighter

B-29

B-29

B-29

28

400m Infectious Disease

Laboratory 400m 1


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1944.10

chrysanthemum

3 4

medical checkup 1

satchela pencil

box

http://www.matsuyomi.co.jp/showashi/showashi_BN_029.html

3 9 B-29

300m300

B-29300mB-29

the lower part of a town

many killed people

3 1010

3 10

B-29 Imperial capital citizen
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circular

flight

the Emperor 3 10

disaster area

http://pub.ne.jp/bbgmgt/?entry_id=1253133

1945.3.19

3 17Iwo Jimaa honorable death

bowing2

map

Japan proper

P-51

3 1034closing 1

1945.9.1

4 Okinawathe

Ryukyu Islands10 1

B-29

B-29

6
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1947 3

1945.5.23 3 B-29

B-29 300m

from instinct

parachute

crew

B-29

http://www.kmine.sakura.ne.jp/kusyu/kuusyu.html

50

B-29300m

B-29

B-29 3 10 22

B-29

B-29 B-29

m

B-29
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170cm 20

victims

angry roarviolence

90

B-29CC class war crimes

6

2

7 23

glass

6 8cm 50shells

bands 23

23

7

moonlight

dead bodies

1km

7 5 24

relativeresidence

1935 all site

mansion 50m 30m

warehouse3 toys

2

1

5 25 2

white phosphorusoil and fats

a war orphanfate

the Crown Princess


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5 25

residence

10

150m

100m

1.5km

straw-thatched rooffarming familiescountryupland ricepotato

9

100 1

shelter doom 50cm

1

ground crews

toolsold clothmilitary policemen

spiders 2

2

http://www.arakawas.sakura.ne.jp/backn015/chouenta/chouent1.html

http://www.kmine.sakura.ne.jp/kusyu/kuusyu.html

pilot

persons of few words

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http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~s244f/sentaisi.htm 1944.12.3 B-29

1945.1.17

duralumin

12 B-29

silhouette 12 B-29defeat

score mark

9 1

1

fragrance

spirit 20

1965.11cast-off skin

dead body

Hokkaido Universitythe faculty

of engineeringJapanese Defense AgencyJapanese Defense MinistryTechnical Research and Development Instituteweapons

34

sighting device

a control sticka vertical tail 613liquid cooling

a decisive battle fighter to Japan for WW
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4 84

cockpithttp://www.aerosim.co.jp/aero/a-product/cfs3/army/army_fighter_pnl.html

runway

300B-29 P-51

return

trustworthy 2 P-51

-44
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roly-poly 1

B-29

zerohostile

words

zero fighter

B-29

dignity6

B-29

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~un3k-mn/kusyu-b29.htm

B-29
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steep descent

zoom B-29

brave figure

the octane number

that

excessive noise

http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~s244f/enkaku.htm 16 20

17

144 244

officersnoncommissioned officersprivates

lance corporalcorporala rifleE-2

E-1khaki

gaiterssaber

second lieutenant

captain 1

a badge of rankan order

resourcesmetal shortage

donationmagnet

iron sands

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BB%8D%E5%88%80

http://hall3001.web.infoseek.co.jp/pla/newgun/jpna1.htm

http://page.freett.com/zaj17637/16/1.html

6

suicide pilots

5

6

kamikaze
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64 1 B-29

B-29windshieldthe palm of a hand

a fragmentthe thickness

2 1.5cmseemed to be firm

B-29awful bomberinstruments andmaterials B-29

an impressive incidentB-29


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2010.3.231945.4.

B-29 suicide attackB-29

11 10

77

B-29female crews

Starlingrad

Moscow

B-29

1945 5 26 72

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E6%94%BB%E6%92%83%E9%9A%8A

1010(

56) 2510 3 17 2

1945 4 12 20

-43

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E6%94%BB%E6%92%83%E9%9A%8A

72 20

shopsa newspaper agencya clog shop

a bicycle shoprationing 23rice

miso or soybean pastesoy saucesaltwheat flourcocking oil

vegetablesfisheseggsmilkdairy productsJapanese rice-winematchclothingrationing systemration tickets

2 3 4
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sake leessalt water

substitute soy sauce

stir-fried

vegetables

toilet papera piece of newspaper

6

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1after standing by for landing

B-29 P-51

forced landing

skull

B-297handbills

surrendermetal sheetssilver paperjamming

B-29
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8 6

P-51scarf

P-51 B-29

disappointment

1945.7.28

Tokyo Astronomical ObservatoryNational Astronomical Observatory of

Japanmy parent's home 4km P-51 machine-gunning

safety

13

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7%E7%A9%BA%E8%A5%B2

6
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4critical experience

Berlin

40

napalm

bomb

5

1945.8.6 84

8 10

1945.8.81km

1945.2.16

8.15 B-29P-51 15

8.151945.8.9the Soviet UnionManchuria

territory

Russo-Japanese Neutrality

promise

1945.8.14grave announcement

the loss of a battle

echo

1945.8.15

6 1 5

1

73

4 23 4 1 24

3 31nocturnal enuresis


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shame

6

stupidity

strike

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1937.9.8 201916.10.12 20

3NHKthe Japan Broadcasting Corporation

1944.3.29 351908.4.29 1933the

National Bar Examination 4 2the second grade

trauma

70

4 1

3

6

a

shameless totalitarian nationthe People's Republic of Chinanational

basis

invasion

80

90

6
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20 35

Exclusive

Economic Zoneviolation of the border

http://www10.ocn.ne.jp/~kuushuu/mia.html1945.5.2444-69777 B-29

ZWEIFEL, Everett E. 0-424817

FAIYRE, Gerald E. 0-798465

McENENY, George H. 0-698742

MILLER, Myron S. 0-700032
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MORRIS, Victor E. 0-868028

FREND, Harry H. 32816754

ROSE, John G. Jr. 34665565

O'NEILL, George J. Jr. 19189705

MICHAEL, Gerald N.

17156423

KIEREIN, Andrew J. 35552087

COE, William L. 36537860

http://www10.ocn.ne.jp/~kuushuu/mia.html1945.4.8

42-652127 B-29

WISE, John O. 0-429139 X

JONES, Raymond S. 0-761958 X

HERTZEL, Garson H. 0-695660 X

THOMAS, Benedict 0-698792 X

WYNIA, Thomas H. 0-866744 X

TAYLOR, Vernon 17127431 X

SELLZ, Norman 17165467

VALERI, William J. 35593417 X

CHOQUET, Lawrence H. 17159622 X BYRNE, Edward T. 12208753 X

McNULTY, Blaine G. 37344647 X

B-29(2)1945.4.18

10029 30

4 8 3

B-29

500 6

29 11 11

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42-65231 B-29

0AINA, Pasquale

T.

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ANDERSON, Robert J. 0-726731 X

McCAUSLAND, Robert E. 0-748722 X

CRISTENSEN, Donald A. 0-703701 X

KENNEDY, Maurice E. 0-702929 X
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ADAMS, Robert E. 0-862857 X

FRASON, Leroy E. 17004403 X

AINA, Pasquale T. 32138406 X

KOPENITSI, William 16134382 X

SODORERA. Alexander 32555706 X

SMITH, Raymond L 37675923 X

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「東京大空襲」　丹信義 the great tokyo air raid, nobuyoshi tan