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後藤丑雄

Major, commander of the 1st Battalion Imperial Japanese Army

Directed the interception on Angaur Island and the resistance from a defense-in-depth redoubt position, despite an 18-to-1 disparity in strength.

Commanded the interception of the enemy and the resistance fought from a multi-layered defensive position on Angaur Island, in the face of an 18-to-1 disparity in troop numbers

Unit: 歩兵第五九連隊第一大隊

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Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, p.94

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