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53rd Infantry Regiment

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Code name: 月七三八四
Higher formation: 松田支隊
Depot district: 鳥取
Raised at: 鳥取
Colours received: 昭18.2.16
Commanding officer: 角谷弘毅
Main theatres: the Russo-Japanese War - the Second Sino-Japanese War - the Second World War
Action: the Battle of Tuluvu

War record

July 1943, formed at Tottori and received its colours→September 1943, landed at Tuluvu at the western end of New Britain and was attached to the 松田 Detachment (shipping engineers, shipping artillery and others)→took up the defence around the Tuluvu airfield→fought hard under US and Australian attack, with many losses→January 1944, began the move to Rabaul; losses are given as reaching about 50 per cent

As the main strength of the 松田 Detachment, the regiment defended Tuluvu airfield from three directions, but lost half its men to the American-Australian counterattack and withdrew.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面61

Men of this unit

松田少将松田支隊長。ツルブ防衛の骨子を策定

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61

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