The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shūzō Hitomi

Hitomi, Shūzō

Lieutenant-General

* 6th of October 1888

† 13th of April 1946

(人見秀三)

(ひとみ しゅうぞう)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1939-08-01 Major-General
1943-06-10 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-08-02 1937-11-22 Senior Adjutant, Shanghai Expeditionary Force
1937-11-22 1939-08-01 Commanding Officer 19th Infantry Regiment
1939-08-01 1939-10-02 Attached to 2nd Depot Division
1939-10-02 1940-12-02 Commandant of Sendai Army Reserve Officers Cadet School
1939-12-01 1940-12-02 Commandant of Sendai Army Training School
1940-12-10 1942-12-01 Commanding Officer 107th Infantry Brigade
1942-12-01 1943-03-01 Attached to Army Infantry School
1943-03-01 1943-10-29 Commandant of Kurume 1st Army Reserve Officers' Cadet School
1943-10-29 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 12th Division [Manchuria - Taiwan]
1946-04-13 Committed suicide [China]
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