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Translation of Japanese text on the reverse:
"Approaching the enemy covertly

After conquering Rangoon the Imperial Japanese army is doing a reverse spear toward northern Burma. Through intense heat attacking the weak points of the British forces…

This is an Enlistment Commemoration Album owned by Noda Asao of the 10th Company of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Guard. The 3rd Guard Regiment was part of the 2nd Guards Brigade. In 1940 it was deployed to Shanghai and then Hainan Island…

The soldiers are left behind while the officers retreat

ROUGH WORK BUT THEY LIKE IT!
CAMP CARSON, COLO. - Commando training has nothing on the work these rough riding cyclists of the reconnaissance troop, Camp Carson, Colo., do to keep their machines ready for the battle front where paved highways are…

Marked RESTRICTED and with no other writing on the back to indicate date or purpose.

Photo of a smiling Japanese woman that was taken from an Imperial Japanese soldier by someone from the US 25th Infantry Division. Stamp on the back of the photo reads "This item has been examined and all military information extracted. Language…

This is a WWII Pferdepass issued by the Nazi occupation government in Poland. Similar to a Wehrpass for horses it appears that a version of this document is still used today. The document has most of the text written in German with Polish…

This is an early war Wehrpaß for a soldier with the rank of Obergefreiter (Private First Class) in the German 3rd Army 11th Infantry Division. He was a conscript who was born to a ethnically German family in Nieder-Ullersdorf (Dolní Oldřiš). This…

Translation of Japanese text on the reverse:
"Machine or Spirit, getting go up to enemy tank
The landing and battle of Kota Bharu was unparalleled in our military history. One of our divine solider threw oneself onto the enemy pillbox, confronting…