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  2. Military Medal of Honor - Wikipedia

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    Military Medal of Honor (従軍記章, jūgun kishō) was a military decoration for meritorious service to the Empire of Japan, formerly awarded to all military personnel who participated in battles in a war. These war medals and accompanying certificates specifically identify the conflict for which the decoration will have been awarded.

  3. Special Naval Landing Forces - Wikipedia

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    Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Uniforms and Equipment by Tadao Nakata and Thomas B. Nelson; Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Uniforms and Equipments by Lionel Leventhal Limited; United States Army's TM-E 30-480 Handbook On Japanese Military Forces; Zaloga, Steven J. (2007). Japanese Tanks 1939–45. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8460-3091-8.

  4. List of military awards and decorations of World War II

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    The Arctic Star medal recognises service between 1941 and 1945 delivering vital aid to the Soviet Union, running the gauntlet of enemy submarine, air and surface ship attacks. This list of military awards and decorations of World War II is an index to articles on notable military awards presented by the combatants during World War II

  5. Orders, decorations, and medals of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese honours system is a system implemented for rewarding awards to Japanese and non-Japanese persons for their achievements and service to Japan. The Emperor is the head of the honors system in Japan. Established during the 1870s shortly after the Meiji Restoration, it was modelled on European systems of orders and decorations.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Japanese Marines - Wikipedia

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    Imperial Japanese Navy Forces under the aegis of the Imperial Japanese Navy land forces , particularly: Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF), the professional marines of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN); While the IJN did not explicitly refer to SNLF personnel as "marines," Allied troops generally referred to them as such.