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World War Two Victory Medal

The World War Two Victory Medal was instituted by the US Congress July 6th, 1945, Public Law, 79th Congress in memory of any member of the American Armed Forces, including members of the Philippine Armed Forces who had been on active service or in reserve between December 7th, 1941 and December 31st, 1946.
Initially, the decoration was introduced as a ribbon and was named Victory Ribbon. In 1946 however, a medel was added as the World War Two Victory Medal.
The award consists of a bronze medal, 1,37" in diameter and was designed by Mr. Thomas M. Jones. The design was approved on February 5th, 1946. The obverse of the medal depicts the goddess of peace, Nike, looking at the rising sun and holding a broken sword, representing the broken power of the Axis nations.
Beneath her right foot, the helmet of he god Ajax is depicted, representing the end of hostilies. Behind her is the rising sun, representing the coming of peace. Next to her, the text World War II is engraved.
The reverse of the medal shows the Four Freedom lines: "Freedom from Fear and Want" and "Freedom of Speeech and Religion", as declared by President Roosevelt and separated by a palm branch. Around it, the text "United States of America" and the yesr "1941-1945" are engraved.
The ribbon, 1,37" in width shows a multi colored rainbow on each side, 0,35" in width, derived from the Allied World War I Victory Medal. The inner band in red represents the spilled blood of the soldiers. The narrow white bands between the red band and the rainbow symbolize the rays of hope.
For military units, a banner was instituted which is in use by the US Navy and the US Marine Corps only.
Formally, no period of time has been fixed during which military personell must have served to become eligible for the award. As President Truman had declared that hostilities had ended on December 31st, 1946, it is possible for soldiers to have received the award without having participated in any hostility or even having entered service after May 8th, 1945.

Abbey, Philip David* October 18th, 1923
† June 9th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 17 Grave: 9

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Jablonski, Kaiser J.* 1910
† June 25th, 1945
Plot: C Row: 8 Grave: 47

Jackson, Arthur Junior "Bull"* October 18th, 1924
† June 14th, 2017
Plot: 12 Row: I Grave: 123

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Jackson, Eugene E.* July 29th, 1922
† February 15th, 1945

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Jackson, Homan K.* 1918
† December 30th, 1944
Plot: H Row: 1 Grave: 14

Jackson, William Richard Jr.* May 5th, 1917
† 1979

Jacobia, Arthur C.* May 28th, 1921
† December 26th, 1975

Jacobson, Douglas Thomas* November 25th, 1925
† August 20th, 2000
Plot: Court 5 Row: H-s17 Grave: niche 3

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Jarrett, Harry Bean* October 12th, 1898
† April 9th, 1974

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Jaudon, Leonard Bates* July 20th, 1901
† December 1st, 1971
Plot: 8 Grave: 8397

Jennings, Hal Bruce* August 26th, 1915
† February 13th, 2008
Plot: AI Grave: 541

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Jerstad, John Louis "Jack"* February 12th, 1918
† August 1st, 1943
Plot: C Row: 24 Grave: 10

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Jester, Maurice David* May 13th, 1889
† August 31st, 1957

Jinnohara, Katsui* January 29th, 1917
† December 2nd, 1943

Johns, Glover Steiner Jr.* January 31st, 1912
† May 19th, 1976

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Johnson, Gerald R. "Jerry"* June 23rd, 1920
† October 7th, 1945

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Johnson, Ivar H. "Swede"* February 2nd, 1916

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Johnson, Oscar Godfrey, Jr.* March 25th, 1921
† May 13th, 1998

Johnson, Robert Samuel "Bob"* February 21st, 1920
† December 27th, 1998

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Jones, David Mudgett* December 18th, 1913
† November 25th, 2008

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Jones, Henry S. "Sir"* 1924
† July 21st, 1947

Jones, Herbert Charpoit* December 1st, 1918
† December 7th, 1941
Plot: G Grave: 76

Jones, Llyoyd E.* June 17th, 1889
† January 3rd, 1958
Plot: 30 Grave: 726

Julian, John T. "Johnny"* April 5th, 1924
† December 21st, 1944
Plot: F Row: 10 Grave: 24

Julian, Joseph Rodolph* April 3rd, 1918
† March 9th, 1945
Plot: DSS Grave: 12

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