Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Escuadrilla Azul]

No more available at the moment but this space battleship Yamato would have been the final answer by Reiji Matsumoto (1938-2023) as a son of the war generation.

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写真4/9｜「松本零士の世界展」大丸東京店で、『銀河鉄道999』『宇宙戦艦ヤマト』などの原画展示、グッズ販売も

「帰還」(イラストサイン入り) 版画42.2×60.5cm 270,000円 | 展示会「松本零士の世界展」が東京・大丸東京店で開催。会期は2018年8月28日(火)から9月4日(火)まで。『銀河鉄道999』や『宇宙戦艦ヤマト』など一大アニメ... 写真4/9

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Did he died recently? I remember as a child woking up early on saturday mornings to watch the Yamato space battleship in the spanish TV.

 

[Shinpachi]

Did he died recently? I remember as a child woking up early on saturday mornings to watch the Yamato space battleship in the spanish TV.

Yes, he died of heart failure on February 13, 2023.
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[Gnomey]

Good stuff shinpachi!

 

[manta22]

Yes, he died of heart failure on February 13, 2023.
Awarded Senior Sixth Rank

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[Shinpachi]

Making Orders

Source: 勲章のできるまで｜国立公文書館

 

[Vic Balshaw]

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The self same Order of the Sacred Treasure and the class could depend on the medal size. 4th and 5th Class are about 43.5mm across and 6th Class about 37.5mm.

 

[Wurger]

 

[manta22]

Making Orders

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Source: 勲章のできるまで｜国立公文書館

These appear to be modern photos; are these medals still being made today?

 

[Shinpachi]

These appear to be modern photos; are these medals still being made today?

Yes. they are.

Old

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Source: 旭日中綬章の伝達式 | 榛南

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[Snautzer01]

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[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

They were lucky to surivive when almost 200k Okinawans lost their lives.

 

[Shinpachi]

Collecting remains in Okinawa continued even in 1961.

Source: "Okinawa in the post war" by Okinawa Times in 1972

 

[Shinpachi]

Vietnam War and Okinawa in the 1960s.

Source: "Okinawa in the post war" by Okinawa Times in 1972

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Okinawa as the training field for the US Marines in the 1970s.
This situation is not changed even today.

Source: "Okinawa in the post war" by Okinawa Times in 1972

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

M-16 was a well-known rifle in Japan through the comic 'Golgo 13' in the 1970s.
I also experienced it in the US. It was far, far lighter than a Mauser Kar98.

Source: ゴルゴ13 ビクトリノックススパルタン13tools

 

[Zippythehog]

M-16 was a well-known rifle in Japan through the comic 'Golgo 13' in the 1970s.
I also experienced it in the US. It was far, far lighter than a Mauser Kar98.

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Source: ゴルゴ13 ビクトリノックススパルタン13tools

Did you pose here fof the Mangaka?