China War Memorial Medal | |
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Awarded for | Service in the Second Sino-Japanese War |
Presented by | Republic of China |
Eligibility | Chinese, as well as foreign, military and civilian personnel who were directly involved in the war. |
Established | 1944 |
First awarded | 1946 |
This China War Memorial Medal, also known as the Medal in Commemoration of Victory in the Resistance Against Aggression (Chinese: 抗戰勝利勳章) was authorized after the Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II) by the Republic of China government for servicemen who assisted the Chinese Government fighting against the Japanese during the war. Members of the Fourteenth Air Force, the Flying Tigers, were eligible to be awarded this medal. The medal was created in 1944 and first distributed in 1946 to those who met the requirements from the Chinese Nationalist Government. Lt. General Claire Lee Chennault and Anna Chennault were a few who had received this medal.[1]