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13th Independent Infantry Regiment

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Code name: 泉五三六
Higher formation: 第二六師団
Depot district: 静岡
Raised at: 静岡
Colours received: 昭17.11.26
Commanding officer: 斎藤次郎
Main theatres: Not known
Action: the decisive battle of Leyte

War record

Formed at Shizuoka→fought across the China front in the Second Sino-Japanese War (from 1937)→moved to Leyte by way of Manchuria (October–November 1944)→committed to the "Wa" Operation to retake the Burauen airfields (November 1944)→joined the main body of the 26th Division in December and fought on almost unarmed→was all but destroyed in the retreat from Leyte

According to the book, the regiment numbered roughly 13,000 men when it set out on Leyte, but was reduced in the end to only a very small number of survivors.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面106

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What is still not known

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

This card is made only of facts copied from one book. Only what can be confirmed against a primary source will one day become 🟢. An empty field means the book does not say. Nothing has been filled in by guesswork.

Source: 戦史の本誌面106

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