WWII Imperial Japanese Navy SNLF Rikusentai Family Scrapbook Photo Album Saipan

Description

View WWII Imperial Japanese Navy SNLF Rikusentai Family Scrapbook Photo Album Saipan with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. This album documents the direct wartime mobilization of the Nagahata family, tracking their evolution from raw technical trainees into frontline combat troops. It bridges the gap between domestic naval training and the brutal realities of the Pacific War. The narrative arc moves from specialized equine maintenance in Yokosuka to heavy infantry mobilization, culminating in deployment to the critical Pacific stronghold of Saipan just months before the Allied invasion. Total Content: 72 original photographs and 2 officially censored naval art postcards. Core Subject: Extensive documentation of the Rikusentai (Special Naval Landing Forces / IJN Naval Infantry) in winter dress and field fatigues. Tactical Content: Live-action training operations, including gas/smoke screen advances at Uraga and tactical night-combat drills at dusk. Geographic Timeline: Follows a complete chronological pipeline: Enlistment processing at Yokosuka Naval District → Ritual send-off pilgrimages to the Great Buddha of Kamakura and Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū → Northern staging in Aomori/Hachinohe → Active theater deployment to Saipan (September 1943). Condition: Intact personal scrapbook with meticulous, hand-written margins detailing names, ages, precise dates, and operational geolocations. Condition: Used. Category: Collectibles › Militaria › WW II (1939-45) › Original Period Items › United States › Photographs.

Conflict

WW II (1939-45)

Original/Reproduction

Original

Theme

Militaria

Region of Origin

United States