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1942-45 Japanese Naval Red Star & Anchor military card to Urawa City, Saltama Pref. from Igarasi Yasuaki serving with Lesser Sunda Force Administration on Bali c/o Kure P.O. with red ink manuscript Censored with Orange circular chop of censoring officer Yamada below …..Imperial Japan occupied Bali during World War II with the declared objective of forming a “Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere” that would liberate Asian countries from Western domination. Future rulers such as Sukarno were brought forward by the Japanese.