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55th Infantry Regiment

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Code name: 菊九〇一
Higher formation: 第一八師団
Depot district: 大村
Raised at: 大村
Colours received: 明38.6.13
Commanding officer: 山崎四郎
Main theatres: the Russo-Japanese War - the Second Sino-Japanese War - the Second World War
Action: the Hukawng campaign

War record

13 October 1943, received its colours at Omura→under the 18th Division, took up the defence of the Hukawng→fought newly raised Chinese forces for about eight months in the Hukawng valley, which was called "the valley of death"→food and ammunition ran out, and it is recorded that the regiment fought on to the last at Kamaing

The regiment fought the reorganized Chinese army for eight months in the Hukawng, the "Valley of Death," and was worn down until food and ammunition ran out.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面78

Men of this unit

山崎四郎 — 歩兵第五五連隊長。フーコンの撤退戦を指揮し生還
長久竹郎 — 歩兵第五六連隊長。同上

この部隊の紙片は、まだ蔵にありません。

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Source: 戦史の本誌面78

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