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3rd Field Heavy Artillery Regiment

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Code name: 林三七六六
Higher formation: 第二五軍
Depot district: 三島
Raised at: 和歌山県深山
Colours received: 大7.2
Commanding officer: 朝生◯（§0-5）
Main theatres: the Second Sino-Japanese War - the Greater East Asia War
Action: the attack on Singapore

War record

Part of the 25th Army, took part in the Malayan campaign→February 1942, in the assault on Singapore, carried out anti-tank and counter-battery fire against the Bukit Timah heights

The record states that the regiment successfully bombarded the British fortress at Bukit Timah Heights, said to be among the finest in the world.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面173

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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173

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