The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Shūitsu Matsumura

Matsumura, Shūitsu

Major-General

* 1st of March 1900

† 7th of September 1967

(松村秀逸)

(まつむら しゅういつ)

Promotions

1940-08-01 Colonel
1944-08-01 Major-General

Service

1938-03-XX 1938-07-XX Attached to Kwantung Army
1938-07-XX 1939-12-01 Attached to Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1939-12-01 1940-12-06 Chief of Army Press Section, Imperial Headquarters
1940-12-06 1942-04-04 Chief of 1st Section, 2nd Bureau, Cabinet Information Department
1942-04-04 1943-04-01 Head of 2nd Bureau, Cabinet Information Department
1943-04-01 1943-10-15 Attached to Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War 15.10.43-11.05.45: Chief of Army Press Section, Imperial Headquarters
1945-05-11 1945-07-05 Chief of Press Section, Imperial Headquarters
1945-07-05 1945-09-18 Chief of Staff, 59th Army
1945-07-05 1945-09-18 Chief of Staff, Chugoku Army District
1945-08-06 Injured by the Hiroshima A-bomb