Rare c1935 Original Japanese Navy Photo Machine Gunner Class Yokosuka Japan for Sale

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Rare c1935 Original Japanese Navy Photo Machine Gunner Class Yokosuka Japan For Sale

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Rare c1935 Original Japanese Navy Photo Machine Gunner Class Yokosuka Japan:
$99.99

This rare c1935 photo depicts an instructor teaching a machine gunner class in Yokosuka, Japan. The teachings of this class and ones like it taught soldiers the skills they would use in Manchuria, the Sino-Japanese War, and World War 2.
This photo is rare. There are photos of machine gunners during this time period, but I\'ve never come across a photo of a classroom for the use of it, hosted in Japan. Add this worthy item to your collection today.

Approximate size: 4.25 inches x 3 inches

The machine gunner was a specialist in his occupation during this time. The gun he would have to use was one of the most complicated pieces of weaponry on the battlefield, he would have to know, by heart, how to work, fire, and maintain the gun in the some of the most adverse conditions in the world.
Machine gunner training took place within the infantry battalion or cavalry regiment he was a part of. He would often be training with the other men in his section, platoon or company. Wider exercises, latterly called machine gun ‘concentrations’ would include machine guns from across brigades or divisions and they would fire large scale exercises together, in preparation for war.Yokosuka is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Yokosuka occupies most of Miura Peninsula, and is bordered by the mouth of Tokyo Bay to the east and Sagami Bay on the Pacific Ocean on the west.
During World War II, Yokosuka was bombed on April 18, 1942, by American B-25 bombers in the Doolittle Raid with little damage as a retaliation to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Aside from minor sporadic tactical air raids by United States Navy aircraft, it was not bombed again during the war; however, from 1938 to 1945 more than 260 caves in more than 20 separate tunnel/cave networks were built throughout the area, with at least 27 kilometers of known tunnels within the grounds of Yokosuka Naval Base.
Many more tunnels are scattered throughout the surrounding areas. During the war, these tunnels and caves provided areas in which work could be done in secrecy, safe from air attacks. A 500-bed hospital, a large electrical power generating facility, and a submarine factory and warehouse were among the many facilities built. American occupation forces landed at Yokosuka on August 30, 1945, after the surrender of Japan, and the naval base has been used by the US Navy since that time.

Please inspect the pictures, as they give the best representation of condition.May have discoloring, edge or corner wear, marks, creases, fading, smudges, corner or edge bends, tears, or corners missing.

(B34 inventory number)