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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign

WWII Asiatic Pacific Campaign Streamers

Asiatic Pacific Theater. There were 21 campaigns in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. The Asiatic Pacific Campaign streamer is yellow with a narrow blue, white and red center stripe and a narrow white, red and white stripe on each side. The yellow color represents Asia; the blue, white, and red stripes taken from the American Defense Medal refer to the continuance of American Defense after Pearl Harbor. The red and white stripes are the Japanese colors. The following inscriptions in blue are authorized:

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1941-1942 BURMA 1941-1942 CENTRAL PACIFIC 1941-1943
EAST INDIES 1942 INDIA-BURMA 1942 - 1945 AIR OFFENSIVE, JAPAN 1942 - 1945
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 1942 - 1943 CHINA DEFENSIVE 1942 - 1945 PAPUA 1942-1943
GUADALCANAL 1942-1943 NEW GUINEA 1943 - 1944 NORTHERN SOLOMONS 1943 - 1944
EASTERN MANDATES 1944 BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO 1943 - 1944 WESTERN PACIFIC 1944 - 1945
LEYTE 1944 - 1945 LUZON 1944 - 1945 CENTRAL BURMA 1945
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES 1945 RYUKYUS 1945 CHINA OFFENSIVE 1945





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