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Mudanjiang Heavy Artillery Regiment

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Code name: 展四三八七
Higher formation: 第一二四師団
Depot district: 下関
Raised at: 満州阿城
Colours received: 昭16.1.21
Commanding officer: 纈纈（纐纈?）哲三
Main theatres: the China Incident - the Greater East Asia War
Action: the fighting at 小豆山

War record

Part of the 124th Division, formed at Acheng in Manchuria→the Soviet invasion came in August 1945 while it was moving to concentrate at Mudanjiang→was surrounded and fought hard at the 小豆山 position; about 600 men were annihilated (gyokusai)

The record states that, while moving to concentrate, the regiment was surrounded by Soviet forces and met its end at the 小豆山 position.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面189

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What is still not known

Men of this unit: apart from the commander, no names have been gathered yet.

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Source: 戦史の本誌面189

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