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16th Infantry Regiment

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Code name: 勇一三〇一
Higher formation: 第二師団
Depot district: 新発田
Raised at: 新発田
Colours received: 明17.8.15
Commanding officer: 堺吉嗣
Main theatres: the First Sino-Japanese War - the Russo-Japanese War - the Siberian Intervention - the Nomonhan Incident - the Second Sino-Japanese War - the Second World War
Action: the battle for Guadalcanal

War record

October 1942 (part of the 2nd Division). Given the defence of the area around 沖川 under the 伊東 Detachment→held its positions under American pressure until the Guadalcanal evacuation (the "Ke" Operation) in 1943→completed the withdrawal in early February

None in particular. (Note: in the source magazine, page 47 carries both the end of the article on the 4th Infantry Regiment and the full article on the 16th Infantry Regiment on the same page.)

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面47

Took part in most of modern Japan's major foreign wars, from the First Sino-Japanese War to the Pacific War

Men of this unit

伊東武夫少将ガ島で伊東部隊を指揮
堺吉嗣 — 歩兵第一六連隊長。ガ島総攻撃で戦死

この部隊の紙片は、まだ蔵にありません。

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47

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