Meanings

second lieutenant (JGSDF)

lieutenant colonel (JGSDF)

colonel (JGSDF)

first lieutenant (JGSDF)

major general (JGSDF)

major (JGSDF)

sergeant first class (JGSDF)

Rikuzen (former province located in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate prefectures)

Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)

Rikuchū (former province located in present-day Iwate Prefecture and parts of Akita Prefecture)

transcontinental

army hospital

Hokurikudō

isolated place

landmark

inland water

(Imperial) Japanese Army

army aircraft

Army War College