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1st Heavy Artillery Regiment

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Code name: 敏九七〇三
Higher formation: 第一四軍
Depot district: 下関
Raised at: 下関
Colours received: 昭15.7.15
Commanding officer: 早川◯良（§0-5）
Main theatres: Not known
Action: the attack on the fortresses at the mouth of Manila Bay

War record

Part of the 14th Army→February 1942, the attack on the forts at the mouth of Manila Bay; shelled and subdued the American forts on El Fraile Island and Carabao Island to a set plan

The regiment neutralised the fortress by systematically destroying the artillery positions on both El Fraile Island and Carabao Island.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面174

Men of this unit

近藤少佐指揮班長。マラゴンドン西北方地区に展開

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174

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