Original WWII Japanese Kamikaze Diary and Hachimaki Headband with Letter from U.S. Army Veteran who Captured them in Luzon, Phillippines, 1945 U.S. Field Gear when it launched 12 B-26s

when it launched 12 B-26s for a low-level attack on a power plant in Holland

knee-deep mud

so the compass is not currently functional

but he was unsuccessful

as indicated by a date on the bottom arm of the cross

Original WWII Japanese Kamikaze Diary and Hachimaki Headband with Letter from U.S. Army Veteran who Captured them in Luzon, Phillippines, 1945 U.S. Field Gear when it launched 12 B-26sOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an incredible little grouping which was obtained directly by the veteran who captured it in the Philippines in 1945! This was part of the collection of Terry Gardner, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who was a longtime collector of Imperial Japanese Militaria and was relatively well known in the community when he collected. This particular lot consists of a diary and a Hachimaki which were purportedly collected