SNLF

The Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF), were the marine troops of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and were a part of the IJN Land Forces. They saw extensive service in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and the Pacific theatre of World War II.

SNLF in Days of Infamy
The SNLF were considered the eleit soliders of the Japanese military by both the Army and the Navy. Although they never took part in the landings on Hawaii, they were brought in to bolster the garrison, mainly around the Iolani Palace. Many residents in Hawaii found them to be both meanier and jumpier than regular army soliders and stared clear of them when ever possible.

When the US returned to liberate the islands in 1943, the SNLF garrison was thrown into the fight, visously fighting street to street in Pearl Ctiy against the US Marines.