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8th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment

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Code name: 幡一二三〇一
Higher formation: 第一四軍
Depot district: 東京
Raised at: 東京
Colours received: 大11.7
Commanding officer: 高橋◯（§0-5）
Main theatres: Not known
Action: the first attack on the Bataan Peninsula

War record

Part of the 14th Army in the Philippines→January–February 1942, the first attack on the Bataan peninsula; shelled the Dinalupihan and Abucay sectors in steep mountain country

The regiment kept up its bombardment despite struggling with observation and ammunition transport in the steep mountain terrain.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面172

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172

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