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Japanese children salute a soldier

This photograph is from the October 25, 1939 edition of the Photographic Weekly Report (Shashin Shuho), which was a weekly pictorial journal published by the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence Department during the interwar years of 1938-1945. This magazine functioned as propaganda that the Japanese government used to shape public moral for the war. This image shows a group of young boys saluting a drill sergeant. The caption translates to: "These toddlers and kindergarteners form a motley squad, but the drill sergeant, who likes children teaches them the proper way to salute. 'Uncle, how is this?'" (Translation from: David C. Earhart, ed., "Certain Victory: Images of World War II in the Japanese Media" (Armonk, NE: M.E. Sharpe, 2008), 192)

Jacar (Japan Center for Asian Historical Records), "A Window into the Early Show Period: Shashin Shuho: Weekly Photographic Journal," October 25, 1939 issue, https://www.jacar.go.jp/english/shuhou-english/pdf/all/A06031068300.pdf

1939-10-25

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