Warning Leaflets
Toward the end of the war warning leaflets were dropped on Japanese cities prior to bombing. Many of these appear to have gone home with 20th AF members as mementos.
Translation:
ATTENTION JAPANESE PEOPLE
In the next few days the military installations in some or all of
the cities named on the photograph will be destroyed by American
bombs. These cities contain military installations and workshops
or factories which produce military goods. The American Air
Force, which does not wish to injure innocent people, now gives
you warning to evacuate the cities named and save your lives.
America is not fighting the Japanese people, but is fighting the
military clique which has enslaved the Japanese people. The peace
which America will bring will free the people from the oppression
of the military clique and mean the emergence of a new and better
Japan. You can restore peace by demanding new and good leaders
who will end the war. We cannot promise that only these cities
will be among those attacked, but some or all will be, so heed
this warning and evacuate these cities immediately.
From Saipan. Then and Now. by Glenn E. McClure. Published by the Confederate Air Force. 1990.