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1st Field Heavy Artillery Regiment

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Code name: 球四四〇一
Higher formation: 第三二軍
Depot district: 国府台
Raised at: 横須賀
Colours received: 大7.12
Commanding officer: 山根忠
Main theatres: the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts - the Greater East Asia War
Action: the Okinawa operation

War record

Part of the 32nd Army→April–June 1945, the Okinawa campaign; fired on the Yomitan and Kadena fronts and supported the night offensive near Shitahaku→June, fell back north of Mabuni; the main body was annihilated (gyokusai), part of the regiment having been left on Miyakojima

The regiment inflicted losses on the enemy with planned night bombardments, but faced overwhelming counterattacks and was forced to retreat repeatedly.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面185

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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185

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