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山根忠

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

Directed the Okinawa operation (from the Yomitan-Kadena front to Mabuni).

Commanded the Okinawa operation (from the Yomitan–Kadena front to Mabuni)

Unit: 野戦重砲兵第一連隊
Units served: 野戦重砲兵第1連隊

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Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, p.185

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