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西（下の名前判読不能）

Lieutenant Colonel, regimental commander at the time of the operation Imperial Japanese Army

Directed the protracted fighting from a defense-in-depth redoubt position on Iwo Jima.

Commanded the war of attrition fought from the multi-layered defensive position on Iwo Jima

Unit: 戦車第二六連隊
Units served: 戦車第26連隊

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Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, p.193

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