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  2. Chinkai Guard District - Wikipedia

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    After the independence of Korea in 1945, the naval base was turned over to the Republic of Korea Navy, and remains a major naval base to this date. A subsidiary naval base reporting to the Chinkai Guard District existed at Rashin (present day Rason , North Korea ), 42°20′02″N 130°23′56″E  /  42.334°N 130.399°E  / 42.334 ...

  3. Wonsan - Wikipedia

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    Wonsan (Korean pronunciation:), previously known as Wonsanjin (元山津), is a port city and naval base located in Kangwon Province, North Korea, along the eastern side of the Korean Peninsula, on the Sea of Japan and the provincial capital. The port was opened by Japanese forces in 1880.

  4. Imperial Japanese Navy bases and facilities - Wikipedia

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    Maizuru Naval Base Maizuru Naval District - now a Japan Self-Defense Forces facility and museum; Hiroshima Naval Base; Oroku Aerodrome/Oroku Naval Air Base - now the Naha Airport/Naha Air Base (JSADF, but the MSDF also has a presence) Kōchi Airfield - now Kōchi Ryōma Airport; Truk Islands naval base; Tokushima naval base with seaplane base ...

  5. Altteureu Airfield - Wikipedia

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    Altteureu Airfield (Korean: 알뜨르 비행장), also known as Cheju-do No. 2 (K-40) Air Base, was a former Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and United States Air Force (USAF) air base on southern Jeju Island, South Korea.

  6. Jeju Civilian-Military Complex Port for Beautiful Tourism

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    [1] [2] A poll revealed that majority a residents of Jeju island wanted to have a referendum about the construction of the base. [3] By 2011, construction had been halted seven times by protesters concerned about the base's environmental impact and who saw it as a US-driven project aimed at China, rather than enhancing South Korean defense. [ 4 ]

  7. Sinpo - Wikipedia

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    Sinpo [a] (Korean pronunciation:) is a port city on the coast of the Sea of Japan in central South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. According to the last available census, approximately 152,759 people reside there.

  8. Imperial Japanese Navy land forces - Wikipedia

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    Japanese naval infantry operating a Type 93 13 mm anti-aircraft machine gun. The Imperial Japanese Navy land forces were a variety of land-based units of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) organized for offensive operations, the defense of Japanese naval and shore-based facilities, military policing tasks, construction and engineering, training, and shore-based anti-aircraft roles; both overseas ...

  9. Naval Base Okinawa - Wikipedia

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    Naval Base Okinawa, now Naval Facility Okinawa, is a number of bases built after the Battle of Okinawa by United States Navy on Okinawa Island, Japan. The naval bases were built to support the landings on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, and the troops fighting on Okinawa. The Navy repaired and did expansion of the airfields on Okinawa.