The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Masayoshi Yoshimura

Yoshimura, Masayoshi

Lieutenant-General

* 18th of May 1895

† 1st of October 1978

(芳村正義)

(よしむら まさよし)

Promotions

1938-07-15 Colonel
1942-08-10 Major-General
1945-04-30 Lieutenant-General

Service

1938-03-01 1939-02-05 Staff Officer, 1st Independent Mixed Brigade
1939-02-05 1939-09-01 Chief of Staff, 19th Division
1939-09-01 1940-11-14 Chief of Research Section, Army Infantry School
1940-11-14 1941-12-01 Commanding Officer 64th Infantry Regiment
1941-12-01 1942-07-01 Attached to Army Transportation Headquarters
1942-07-01 1943-08-02 Commanding Officer 1st Shipping Command
1943-08-02 1944-07-08 Commanding Officer 2nd Shipping Group
1944-07-08 1945-05-07 Attached to 17th Army
1945-05-07 1945-09-02 Commanding Officer Army Shipping Training Unit