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222nd Infantry Regiment

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Code name: 雪三五二三
Higher formation: 第二軍
Depot district: 弘前
Raised at: 弘前
Colours received: 昭14.5.23
Commanding officer: 葛目直幸
Main theatres: Not known
Action: the Battle of Biak

War record

23 March 1944, received its colours at Hirosaki→posted to Biak (together with navy air-defence units and others)→27 May 1944, US forces landed at Bosnek in eastern Biak→the counter-attack at the water's edge failed and the regiment held out for a little over two months in cave positions (the East Cave and the West Cave)→in early June the 1st Battalion was wiped out→the move of the 玉田 Brigade sent as reinforcement was cancelled→organised fighting ended; 83 survivors were recovered

The regiment held out for over two months from cave positions around Bosnek, but only 83 men survived to return.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面63

Held cave positions around Bosnek on Biak for more than two months. Eighty-three men are recorded as having survived

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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63

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