{"id":1875,"date":"2018-04-19T17:56:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T17:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/?p=1875"},"modified":"2021-09-29T18:31:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T18:31:14","slug":"japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground: An Unexamined Context to the Firebombing of Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An article by Henry M. Jackson graduate student Dylan J. Plung was published April 15, 2018 in The Asia-Pacific Journal.\u00a0 Plung explores a previously unexamined context to the firebombing of Japan. Analysis of the decisions leading up to construction and military testing conducted in 1943 at the Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah allows important insights into the evolution of US bombing strategy. The shift in US strategy from precision to carpet bombing, the testing and development of incendiary weaponry, and the institutionalization and rationalization of pursuing civilian targets throughout Japan are considered alongside this untold history. Additionally, a broader appreciation of World War II timelines is suggested.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dylan J. Plung<\/strong> graduated from Whitman College with a degree in Asian Studies, and is currently a graduate student at the University of Washington\u2019s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies with a focus on Japan Studies. He can be contacted at <a href=\"mailto:plungd@uw.edu\">plungd@uw.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article by Henry M. Jackson graduate student Dylan J. Plung was published April 15, 2018 in The Asia-Pacific Journal.\u00a0 Plung explores a previously unexamined context to the firebombing of Japan. Analysis of the decisions leading up to construction and military testing conducted in 1943 at the Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":1878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-student","region-east-asia","region-japan"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground: An Unexamined Context to the Firebombing of Japan - UW Center for Japanese Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground: An Unexamined Context to the Firebombing of Japan - UW Center for Japanese Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An article by Henry M. Jackson graduate student Dylan J. Plung was published April 15, 2018 in The Asia-Pacific Journal.\u00a0 Plung explores a previously unexamined context to the firebombing of Japan. Analysis of the decisions leading up to construction and military testing conducted in 1943 at the Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UW Center for Japanese Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-04-19T17:56:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-29T18:31:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/04\/5136_-_3-750x533.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"356\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ellen E. Eskenazi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ellen E. Eskenazi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/\",\"name\":\"The Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground: An Unexamined Context to the Firebombing of Japan - UW Center for Japanese Studies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/04\/5136_-_3-750x533.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-19T17:56:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-29T18:31:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/#\/schema\/person\/0bca04be4b3c0c36cc2039c7fcf23872\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/04\/5136_-_3-750x533.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/04\/5136_-_3-750x533.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":356},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground: An Unexamined Context to the Firebombing of Japan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/\",\"name\":\"UW Center for Japanese Studies\",\"description\":\"University of Washington Center for Japanese Studies\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/#\/schema\/person\/0bca04be4b3c0c36cc2039c7fcf23872\",\"name\":\"Ellen E. Eskenazi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17ff8b728bf3db0deff5ca2ca8f50af0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17ff8b728bf3db0deff5ca2ca8f50af0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ellen E. Eskenazi\"},\"description\":\"Associate DIrector\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/author\/esky\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground: An Unexamined Context to the Firebombing of Japan - UW Center for Japanese Studies","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground: An Unexamined Context to the Firebombing of Japan - UW Center for Japanese Studies","og_description":"An article by Henry M. Jackson graduate student Dylan J. Plung was published April 15, 2018 in The Asia-Pacific Journal.\u00a0 Plung explores a previously unexamined context to the firebombing of Japan. Analysis of the decisions leading up to construction and military testing conducted in 1943 at the Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah","og_url":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/","og_site_name":"UW Center for Japanese Studies","article_published_time":"2018-04-19T17:56:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-09-29T18:31:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":356,"url":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/04\/5136_-_3-750x533.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ellen E. Eskenazi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ellen E. Eskenazi","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/","url":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/","name":"The Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground: An Unexamined Context to the Firebombing of Japan - UW Center for Japanese Studies","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/04\/5136_-_3-750x533.jpg","datePublished":"2018-04-19T17:56:02+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-29T18:31:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/#\/schema\/person\/0bca04be4b3c0c36cc2039c7fcf23872"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/04\/5136_-_3-750x533.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/04\/5136_-_3-750x533.jpg","width":500,"height":356},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/japanese-village-dugway-proving-ground-unexamined-context-firebombing-japan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Japanese Village at Dugway Proving Ground: An Unexamined Context to the Firebombing of Japan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/","name":"UW Center for Japanese Studies","description":"University of Washington Center for Japanese Studies","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/#\/schema\/person\/0bca04be4b3c0c36cc2039c7fcf23872","name":"Ellen E. Eskenazi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17ff8b728bf3db0deff5ca2ca8f50af0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17ff8b728bf3db0deff5ca2ca8f50af0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ellen E. Eskenazi"},"description":"Associate DIrector","url":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/author\/esky\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1880,"href":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions\/1880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}