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    JapanX

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    1. Some additional info about this medal can be found in these threads http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/53584-florence-nightingale-medal-several-case-studies/?hl=%2Bflorence+%2Bnightingale http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/53587-florence-nightingale-medal-documents/?hl=%2Bflorence+%2Bnightingale http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/53586-florence-nightingale-medal-regulation/?hl=%2Bflorence+%2Bnightingale http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/54650-florence-nightingale-medal-florence-own-medals/?hl=%2Bflorence+%2Bnightingale http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/46394-florence-nightingale-medal/?hl=%2Bflorence+%2Bnightingale
    2. Ike got his Glory on June 5, 1945 for "За выдающиеся успехи в проведении боевых операций большого масштаба, в результате которых была достигнута победа Объединённых Наций над гитлеровской Германией" "for outstanding achievements in large scale combat operations, in the result of which victory of the United Nations over Hitlerite Germany was achieved " In the process
    3. Let`s examine these 180 diamonds! Luckily for us this order sometimes travels (like to National Archive )
    4. Here it is Together with his 1st class Suvorov
    5. Ike`s Order of Victory # 11 is here Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene
    6. + a short article by Maesaka Toshiyuki (in japanese) Article.pdf
    7. Here they are in full glory
    8. Three Human Bombs / Bakudan Sanyushi / 爆弾三勇士 During the First Shanghai Incident of 1932, three combat engineers made their way towards some Chinese barbed wire with a Bangalore torpedo, a long tubular bomb used for clearing a path through barbed wire. These fallen soldiers became known as the "Three Human Bombs" . They were immediately made into heroes for having valiantly sacrificed themselves to clear the way for their fellow soldiers. Many people nowadays believe it was an accident and they had no intention of killing themselves http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=115132
    9. They certainly are, but my personal favorite
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