I've created a bit of a stir by revealing the true ID of the cherry blossom helmet and that I'm writing a book. It's not the first book I write, and I'm fairly quick in getting things done, but it is a book after all and not a leaflet, so it's only fair to say that it won't be coming to your local book store any time soon.
I can assure you that it will be a book worth holding your breath for, but holding that much breath for that long can be deadly for all, so here's a breather/teaser.
I'm already well into the section about development of the helmet.
It'll start with the first mass produced and issued Army helmet that no one had ever written about, a helmet that well preceded the cherry blossom.
There will be details on which units got issued how many of these first model helmets.
Then comes the official adoption of the cherry blossom model
The Type 90 helmet development project that started in Jan 1927 is covered in detail such as
1. Timeline
2. Which foreign helmets served as benchmarks
3. The special helmet testing gun
4. The prototypes and patents from the project
5. Field evaluation details of the prototype and changes incorporated
6. The manufacturer's
7. Export activities
8. Delivery logistics including which NLF unit got how many, the supply of
cherry blossoms to the Navy
There were 2 other items that were developed in paralell to the helmet, the gaskmask and fieldcap. These will be discussed in detail as well, including the field studies done on the cap.
That is as far as I've got things figured at this time, but hell I'm only 3 days into this project. The development of the 3 items are so intertwined that it's natural to keep them together as a story, but how to go from there, I don't know yet, because I haven't done any archive research beyond those topics.
Unfortunately, I do not have anything on suicide helmets, but you never know.
The issuance of he Type 90 (Navy designation "Model 3 Helmet") I can trace almost ship by ship, but this kind of info seems to dry up for the war years.
So that's it for now, back to writing.
I can assure you that it will be a book worth holding your breath for, but holding that much breath for that long can be deadly for all, so here's a breather/teaser.
I'm already well into the section about development of the helmet.
It'll start with the first mass produced and issued Army helmet that no one had ever written about, a helmet that well preceded the cherry blossom.
There will be details on which units got issued how many of these first model helmets.
Then comes the official adoption of the cherry blossom model
The Type 90 helmet development project that started in Jan 1927 is covered in detail such as
1. Timeline
2. Which foreign helmets served as benchmarks
3. The special helmet testing gun
4. The prototypes and patents from the project
5. Field evaluation details of the prototype and changes incorporated
6. The manufacturer's
7. Export activities
8. Delivery logistics including which NLF unit got how many, the supply of
cherry blossoms to the Navy
There were 2 other items that were developed in paralell to the helmet, the gaskmask and fieldcap. These will be discussed in detail as well, including the field studies done on the cap.
That is as far as I've got things figured at this time, but hell I'm only 3 days into this project. The development of the 3 items are so intertwined that it's natural to keep them together as a story, but how to go from there, I don't know yet, because I haven't done any archive research beyond those topics.
Unfortunately, I do not have anything on suicide helmets, but you never know.
The issuance of he Type 90 (Navy designation "Model 3 Helmet") I can trace almost ship by ship, but this kind of info seems to dry up for the war years.
So that's it for now, back to writing.
Look forward to getting a copy down the road.
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