Raynors HCA 2017-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/7/2017
WWII Poster, 22” x 28” with screaming headline “Coming Soon!” below of which is large photo showing the “Captured 2-Man Jap Sub” being parading on an American street, likely Key West, Florida. The closer, “See Your Newspapers. listen to Your Radio for Local Details.” USGPO 1943, fine, mounted to canvass. The Japanese Midget Submarine HA. 19 was part of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. She was captured December 8, 1941, and later was sent to the US mainland in January 1942 where she went on war bond tours. She was at Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois when the War ended. In 1991, the HA. 19 was moved to Fredericksburg, Texas to become part of the National Museum of the Pacific War at the Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site.
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