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72nd Infantry Regiment

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Code name: 旭一一二八
Higher formation: 第二三師団
Depot district: 都城
Raised at: 都城
Colours received: 明41.5.8
Commanding officer: 中島嘉樹
Main theatres: the Siberian Intervention - the Second Sino-Japanese War - the Nomonhan Incident - the Second World War
Action: the decisive battle of Luzon

War record

Fell back to a new position at リリット→withdrew further towards イノマン, fighting a delaying action→held out until the end of the war in a redoubt position on its final ground, Mount Pulag (2,900 m)

The regiment regarded its fortified position on Mount Pulag as a stronghold where it "intended to fight to the death," and the survivors, including previously attached units, are said to have numbered only about 140.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面117

Men of this unit

野田敏夫大尉ポソルビオに陣地を構築し米軍上陸に備える

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116

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