Nansei Shoto Ryuku Islands-Loochoo Islands: A Pocket Guide Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Nansei Shoto Ryuku Islands-Loochoo Islands: A Pocket Guide
  • Series Title Edgar Jones Collection

Creator

  • Author: Special Publications Branch
    Creator Type: Organization
    Creator Info: Information-Education Section, Central Pacific Base Command, United States Army
  • Author: 30th Engineer Base Topographic Battalion
    Creator Type: Organization
    Creator Info: United States Army

Contributor

  • Donor: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: 30th Engineer Base Topographic Battalion
    Additional Info: United States Army Forces, Central Pacific Base Command

Date

  • Creation: [1941..1946]

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: A pocket sized booklet containing information on the Nansei Islands in Japan intended for United States military personnel that went there. The booklet describes the people, geography, history, culture, and disease and dangerous wildlife and provides maps, illustrations, and English phrases translated into Japanese with phonetic pronunciations.
  • Physical Description: 39 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Ethnic Groups - Japanese
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Wildlife
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Guidebooks
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: Nansei Shoto
  • Keyword: Nansei Islands
  • Keyword: Ryuku Islands
  • Keyword: Loochoo Islands
  • Keyword: War Department
  • Keyword: Okinawa
  • Keyword: Okinawas
  • Keyword: malaria
  • Keyword: typhus
  • Keyword: snakes

Coverage

  • Place Name: Japan - Okinawa Prefecture - Ryuku Islands
  • Historic Place Name: Japan - Okinawa Prefecture - Nansei Shoto
  • Coverage Date: [1941..1946]
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Pamphlet

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 591714994
  • Government Documents No.: W 109.110:N 15
  • Accession or Local Control No: 5356
  • Accession or Local Control No: 2015.089.007
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1677274
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