special naval landing force officer in shanghai (1937)

officer

soldiers of the Special Guard Corps of the Manchukuo Imperial Guards patterned after the Imperial Guard of Japan 

guards 

General Tadamichi Kuribayashi ( Kuribayashi Tadamichi, born 7 July 1891 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan – 23 March 1945 on Iwo Jima, Japan) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, best known for his role as overall commander of the Japanese garrison during most of the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Photo by  Date	
2006-10-04 (original upload date)
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