Takasago Volunteers
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Takasago volunteers were volunteer soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Army, recruited from Taiwanese indigenous peoples during World War II. The Takasago volunteers are distinguished from the Taiwanese
Takasago Volunteers
Giretsu Kuteitai
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Giretsu Kuteitai was an airborne commando unit of the Imperial Japanese Army formed from Teishin Shudan, in November 1944 as a last-ditch attempt to reduce and delay Allied bombing raids on the Japane
Takasago Volunteers
…and 45 enlisted members of the Takasago Volunteers were organized into the Kaoru Special Attack Corps for a suicide mission similar to that of the Giretsu Kuteitai, and attacked a United States Army Air Forces landing strip on Leyte. The Takasago Volunteers were well known for their jungle survival ability. The…
Captain Okuyama and Giretsu Airborne unit depart on their mission to Okinawa
Ki-21-IIb of the Daisan Dokuritsu Hikōtai at Yontan Airfield, 25 May 1945
Wrecked U.S. planes after attack on Yontan Airfield
Memorial to Giretsu Commandos in Itoman, Okinawa