A photograph of disarmament from the citizens Just after WW2

[k morita]

Hi,

 

I wanted this photograph. But I did not bid, because I had not joined to ebay.

It is very regrettable to me.

 

A photograph of disarmament from the citizens Just after ww2 in Japan.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26otn%3D2

 

Thanks

[John A Stuart]

Hi Kiyoshi san, Why not save the enlarged picture to your hard-drive and then either print it, if you have a photographic quality printer, or take the file to a photo-shop and have them print it for you? John

[k morita]

Hi, John sama :D

 

Thank you for your reply and kind words.

I save the image to my computer HDD and already printed it.

 

The photograph was taken somewhere in the Yamagata prefecture where I lived now.

Therefore, I was very interested in the photograph.

 

Most of swords on the photograph are at the bottom of the sea now.

A few swords on the photograph might had been taken to the United States(?).

[John A Stuart]

Ah, Kiyoshi sama, Great, still, it is not quite the same as the true historical picture, but, the next best thing. I should have known you would have already done so. John

[Bugyotsuji]

A rather sad and dark photograph. Does anyone know what kind of 'American' troops these are?

 

A copy from the computer printer on glossy photographic paper may well turn out to be better than the original, with the added bonus that you don't have to worry about preserving it carefully.

[estcrh]

A rather sad and dark photograph. Does anyone know what kind of 'American' troops these are?

 

A copy from the computer printer on glossy photographic paper may well turn out to be better than the original, with the added bonus that you don't have to worry about preserving it carefully.

Piers, thats a good description of this event

[pcfarrar]

Could email the seller and ask him for a high resolution scan before he ships it to the high bidder? The ebay photo is low resolution and full of compression artifacts not suitable for printing at all.

[John A Stuart]

Hi Piers, It is hard to make out, but, Airborne units had white wings on their shoulder patches. The 11th Airborne which fought in the PTO has one that looks similar. John

[Brian]

Morita san,

If you ever come across an item that you wish to purchase on eBay and are unable to, please just let one of us here know, and we will be glad to purchase it on your behalf. I know it is too late now, but perhaps something will come up in the future.

 

If the person who bought this photo is on the forum, please get hold of us, and maybe we can make an arrangement.

 

Brian

[Bugyotsuji]

Many thanks John!

[Bruno]

I do not have access to the Ebay link due to country restriction.

 

Is it possible to see it however?

[John A Stuart]

Piers, I was looking for more units in the PTO that it could be and only the Army Airforce had a unit with a similar patch. Maybe they just appear white in the pic. John

[moss]

Bruno,

 

Did you get it?

 

Moss

[John A Stuart]

Here it is Bruno. John

[Stephen]

i have asked here, but no answer yet.

 

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/ ... p?t=430227

[drbvac]

Sad - and what a waste of history Wouldn't I have loved to be the one taking them for disposal knowing what I know now. Probably the troops assigned this duty figured just junk - as these were civilian blades God knows what went over the side.

[Bugyotsuji]

It looks as though the 'experts' are sorting them into different piles... for souvenirs, for preservation, for destruction, etc.

[Bruno]

Thank John and Moss. I got it.

 

I will print it on photo paper, hope it will be nice.

[John A Stuart]

The shoulder patch has been driving me crazy as to narrow it down. I was watching an old Lana Turner movie last night (B&W) and an officer had the exact same patch. It just has to be 8th Army Air Corp. John