PikaDon-Susan: January 2010

Insignia

United States:

1. Army
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_II

The U.S. Army enlisted rank insignia that was used during World War II differs from the current system. The color scheme used for the insignia's chevron design was defined as either silver gray on dark blue, olive drab on dark blue, or khaki on dark blue.

1st Grade		2nd Grade	3rd Grade

First Sergeant	Master Sergeant	Technical Sergeant	Staff Sergeant	Technician Third Grade
1st Sgt.	M/Sgt.	T/Sgt.	S/Sgt.	T/3.

4th Grade		5th Grade		6th Grade

Sergeant	Technician Fourth Grade	Corporal	Technician Fifth Grade	Private First Class
Sgt.	T/4.	Cpl.	T/5.	Pfc.

2. Air Force, Naval, Marine

Japan:

1. Army
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_ranks_of_the_Japanese_Empire_during_World_War_II

These designs were worn on shoulders as passants between the years 1911 and 1938, then on collars afterwards until 1945, when the Imperial Japanese Army was dissolved.

Officer ranks

All-forces ranks	Collar insignia
Marshal Gensui Rikugun Taishō (元帥陸軍大将^?)	As General, plus enamelled breast badge:
General Rikugun Taishō (陸軍大将^?)
Lieutenant General Rikugun Chūjō (陸軍中将^?)
Major General 陸軍少将 (Rikugun Shōshō )
Colonel Rikugun Taisa (陸軍大佐^?)
Lieutenant Colonel Rikugun Chūsa (陸軍中佐^?)
Major Rikugun Shōsa (陸軍少佐^?)
Captain Rikugun Taii (陸軍大尉^?)
Lieutenant (US Army - First Lieutenant) Rikugun Chūi (陸軍中尉^?)
Second Lieutenant Rikugun Shōi ( 陸軍少尉^?)
Warrant Officer Rikugun Jun-i (Army First Officer) (陸軍准尉^?)

2. Navy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_ranks_of_the_Japanese_Empire_during_World_War_II

The imperial navy lasted from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes.

Officer ranks

All-forces ranks	IJN Insignia
海軍大将 Kaigun Taishō (Naval General or Admiral)
海軍中将 Kaigun Chūjō (Naval Lieutenant-General or Vice Admiral)
海軍少将 Kaigun Shōshō (Naval Major-General or Rear Admiral)
海軍大佐 Kaigun Daisa (Naval Colonel or Captain)
海軍中佐 Kaigun Chūsa (Naval Lieutenant-Colonel or Commander)
海軍少佐 Kaigun Shōsa (Naval Major or Lt. Commander)
海軍大尉 Kaigun Daii (Naval Captain or Lieutenant)
海軍中尉 Kaigun Chūi (Naval First Lieutenant or Sub-Lieutenant)
海軍少尉 Kaigun Shōi (Naval Second Lieutenant or Ensign)

Uniforms

Japanese:
http://www.tridentmilitary.com/Reproduction-uniforms/Japanese.uniforms.html

American:
http://www.olive-drab.com/od_soldiers_clothing_combat_ww2.php

Planes and Bombs

Yamaguchi was working at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on August 6, 1945, when a 13-kiloton uranium atomic bomb,"Little Boy", was dropped on the city from the American B-29, Enola Gay.

Enola Gay:

In Nagasaki, a second B-29, Bockscar, had dropped an even bigger atom bomb, known as "Fat Man"

Bockscar:

Bomb pix: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm

1. A nuclear weapon of the "Little Boy" type, the uranium gun-type detonated over Hiroshima. It is 28 inches in diameter and 120 inches long. "Little Boy" weighed about 9,000 pounds and had a yield approximating 15,000 tons of high explosives.

2. A nuclear weapon of the "Fat Man" type, the plutonium implosion type detonated over Nagasaki. 60 inches in diameter and 128 inches long, the weapon weighed about 10,000 pounds and had a yield approximating 21,000 tons of high explosives.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Yamaguchi joined Mitsubishi in the 1930s as a technical draftsman designing oil tankers.

Originally named Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., it became Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. in 1934. It was the largest private firm in Japan, manufacturing ships, heavy machinery, airplanes, and railroad cars.

1. Mitsubishi Dockyard

2. The Mitsubishi Steel and Armament Works. This complex stretched south from 2,000 feet (610 meters) from the hypocenter, extending for nearly a half mile along the east bank of the Urakami River.

3. Damage to the Mitsubishi Steel and Armament Works

4. Ruins in the foreground are of the Mitsubishi shipbuilding factory. The white building housed the sawmill. The double smoke stacks are a part of the steel mill. This factory is about 4,750 feet (1,450 meters) south of the hypocenter.