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18th Mountain Artillery Regiment

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Code name: 菊九〇八
Higher formation: 第一八師団
Depot district: 久留米
Raised at: 中国広州
Colours received: 昭14.8.21
Commanding officer: 比土平隆男（中佐）
Main theatres: Not known
Action: the Hukawng campaign

War record

Part of the 18th Division, in Burma→during the delaying action in the Hukawng operation the regiment was surrounded and fought hard near the ナンピュウカン river

The record states that, while surrounded, the regiment was told by the division commander to "get back safely," and carried out a breakout.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面177

この部隊の紙片は、まだ蔵にありません。

What is still not known

Men of this unit: apart from the commander, no names have been gathered yet.

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177

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