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[Inside Dugout]

Description: Photograph taken inside a Japanese dugout, the space is cramped and dirty littered with palm fronds. On the left is a box with faint Japanese characters etched or drawn on it. On the right is some wooden crate or shelf with a dirty white bowl underneath it. The ceiling is exposed and uneven stone.
Date: 1942~

[Japanese Cartoon Propaganda Leaflet]

Description: A cartoon leaflet depicting a withered, scrawny solider wearing only a pair of pants, shoes and a helmet with a star. He is on his back and sprawled out on an archipelago. To the right of the soldier is Japanese text in an orange block. The back of the cartoon contains a letter written in Japanese discussing the attacks on the Japanese and their islands and the hardships faced by them.
Date: 194X
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009

[U.S. Army Men Talking Through Train Window]

Description: Photograph of two men interacting from the window of a train car. On the left stands a man in a dark double pocketed uniform jacket with an Army technician patch on the arm and sunglasses. He is resting his forearm on the train window from the outside. On the right, inside the train, is a light-haired man raising food to his mouth. Underneath the window is a sign that reads "Reserved for Allied Military Forces" in English and in Japanese characters underneath.
Date: [1941..1945]
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