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南雲忠一

Lieutenant General Imperial Japanese Army

Commander of the Central Pacific Area Fleet.

Commanded the defense of Saipan and died by his own hand in the final stage of the battle

Unit: 歩兵第一三六連隊

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Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, p.90

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