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OCCUPATION
OF JAPAN
Praetorian Guard
of Japan
This page is dedicated to the troopers who dutifully maintained prosperity and peace in Occupied Japan during the early days of rebuilding the country.
1945 - 1950
Following the surrender of Imperial Japan, the 1st Cavalry Division was redeployed from Luzon to Japan to take up occupation duties.
The division marched victoriously into Tokyo in 1945 and began the grueling tasks of policing a now-defeated Japan. Destruction of war material, securing Imperial bullion and wealth, and protecting the citizenry were all cornerstones of the service the 1st Cavalry Division conducted in Japan. The First Team remained in Japan from 1945 to 1950 before the aptly nicknamed Praetorian Guards were sent to Korea for the first war of the new global Cold War.
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DOCUMENTED
TROOPERS
FIRST SERGEANT
HOWARD CAWEIN
Medical Detachment, 8th Cavalry Regiment
FIRST SERGEANT
RUSSELL HOOK
Service Troop, 12th Cavalry Regiment
TECHNICIAN THIRD GRADE
ROBERT DAVIDSON
F Troop, 7th Cavalry Regiment
STAFF SERGEANT
BUD JANICH
Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, 271st Field Artillery Battailion
STAFF SERGEANT
JAMES TREVIS
F Troop, 7th Cavalry Regiment
CORPORAL
EMIL GLENFORST JR.
A Troop, 5th Cavalry Regiment
TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE
LEONARD WORTHINGTON
Service Troop, 8th Cavalry Regiment
TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE
DEAN DONALDS
99th Field Artillery Battalion
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
JAMES JOLIFF
G Troop, 12th Cavalry Regiment
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
LESLIE KIMBRELL
G Troop, 7th Cavalry Regiment
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