The Snapshots in Time Collection

Handwritten Battle Narrative Account on Japanese Army Stationery Describing a Night Engagement, WWII Era

Handwritten Battle Narrative Account on Japanese Army Stationery Describing a Night Engagement, WWII Era

This handwritten page recounts a night engagement fought by a Japanese Army company beginning on the evening of July 4th, describing a breakthrough of enemy sentry lines, a difficult advance through mountainous terrain under fire, and casualties suffered before reinforcements helped overcome resistance on the unit's right flank. Likely composed as part of a memorial account for a soldier who fell in this action, the document offers a rare first-person perspective on the intensity and confusion of close combat during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Project: 218280