Ed_Haynes Posted November 5, 2006 Posted November 5, 2006 Wow! Nice photos. Many thanks for posting! You should get the captions translated.
Guest Rick Research Posted November 5, 2006 Posted November 5, 2006 All I can read in Chinese or Japanese are the dates:Post #3, portrait of the tank = Year 8, Month 12, Day 8Post #14, officer on table inside building = Year 8, Month 13 (!!!), day 6Posts #s 16, 17, 19,20, and 21 which have a photographer's caption printed across the label = Year 8, Month 10, Day 14 but written in Western numbers!!!Post #18 at the railway station = Year 9, Month 5, Day 19andPost #22 with trees = Year 9, Month 4 Day 5 (?)BUT...from what "0" are these years 8 and 9 being counted??????? From the start of Emperor Hirohito's reign, so 1934/35 ?
Ed_Haynes Posted November 5, 2006 Posted November 5, 2006 Probably in years of the Showa era? From the coronation of the Emperor Showa (a.k.a. Hirohito) in 1926 C.E.?
usairforce Posted November 6, 2006 Author Posted November 6, 2006 Japanese: 昭和8年10月14日English:October 14, 1933Year 8 is 1933Year 9 is 1934
Bob Posted November 6, 2006 Posted November 6, 2006 Cool!I am planning to visit Khalkhin Gol next year... can't wait to get there (and see rusting Japanese tanks?)
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