See this Japanese photo with the caption "灘頭防禦第9號機槍堡" (Beach head defence pillbox No 9), downloaded from the Japanese National Institute for Defense Studies
Old Japanese photo of PB009
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Submitted by h9742593
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Connections:
- Old Japanese photo of PB009 shows Place Pillbox 009, Aberdeen Praya [1939-????]
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Translation of writing
The writings were description of the photo, written in Pre-reform Japanese script in formal style (using Kanji and Katakana instead of Hiragana, writing from right to left).
Transcribed, flipped and translated below:
海岸トウチカ --> Seaside точка --> Seaside pillbox (Japanese doesn't have a word for pillboxes so it borrowed the word from Russia, likely due to them encountered one in earlier wars against the country)
汀ニ最モ接近セルモノ --> The object that is closest to the shoreline
鴨巴甸灣北方 --> North of Aberdeen Bay