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4th Horse Artillery Regiment
4th Horse Artillery Regiment
🟡 索引- Code name
- 成五三五六
- Higher formation
- 騎兵第四旅団
- Depot district
- 名古屋
- Raised at
- 国府台
- Colours received
- 昭8.3.24
- Commanding officer
- 東高安（中佐）
- Main theatres
- Not known
- Action
- the Laohekou operation
War record
Part of the 4th Cavalry Brigade→March 1945, the Laohekou operation; drove about 300 km with the cavalry and supported the capture of the town and the airfield of Laohekou
As the artillery arm of a cavalry brigade, the regiment charged forward some 300 kilometres, supporting the capture of an airfield on the flank.
Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本 誌面184
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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184
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