JGSDF personnel wear insignia on their chest based on their skills and qualifications.
Right chest → Ski badge
Left chest → Sniper badge
Waterway infiltration badge
Airborne badge
Ranger badge
The sharpness of a Japanese sword
On the night of August 27, 1937, when Japanese Army attacked the enemy position in Luodian Town, Commander Tsuneoka charged into the crowd of soldiers, brandishing his Japanese sword, and quickly cut down more than 30 of them.
One warrant officer's performance in this battle was so remarkable that he counted up to 36 soldiers, but lost track of how many more he killed.
Warrant Officer Umazume slay 36 enemy soldiers
A photo of the Japanese Army surrender in Cebu. These women are nurses.
January 25, 1942, on the Ibo River between Tavoy and Moulmen in Burma. Japanese military engineers use elephants to build a bridge.
Cavalry and Warhorses
Tojo Hideki and Nobusuke Kishi, November 1943
Tojo Hideki bows in front of a portrait of late Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
A plant that took root on the tip of an anti-aircraft gun on Iwo Jima
A foal born at the camp of the Japanese Army's Sakamoto Unit and the soldiers, February 2, 1941