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Tonei Heavy Artillery Regiment

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Code name: 岩二六七〇九
Higher formation: 第三軍
Depot district: 横須賀
Raised at: 東寧暖泉子溝
Colours received: 昭15.2
Commanding officer: 渡辺馨
Main theatres: the Second World War
Action: the fighting in eastern Manchuria

War record

Part of the 3rd Army, formed at 暖泉溝 near Tonei→the Soviet invasion of 9 August 1945; resisted to the last at the 勝関山 position→17 August, blew itself up holding the position

The record states that the regiment blew itself up together with its ammunition to destroy its guns, defending its position to the very end.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面188

Men of this unit

渡辺馨大佐東寧重砲兵連隊長。部下将兵と最期を共にした

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188

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