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Hirata was part of a liason team in China
when war broke out. Promoted to lieutenant general, he took command of 22 Division in January 1944 at Canton and participated in To-go. He division deployed to the Indochina border and he was
actually under command of 18 Army
when the war ended.
| 1936
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Colonel
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Military attache to the United States |
| 1938 |
Army General Staff |
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| 1938 |
Commander, 2 Formosa Regiment |
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| 1939 |
Director, Narashino Chemical Warfare
School |
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| 1939-9-30 |
Major general | Vice chief of staff, North China Area
Army |
| 1941 |
Director, Noncommissioned
Officer's School |
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| 1941 |
Commander, 61 Independent
Infantry Group |
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| 1942 |
Eastern
District Army |
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| 1943 |
Lieutenant
general |
Commander, 51 Depot Division |
| 1944-1 |
Commander, 22 Division |
References
Generals.dk (accessed 2008-3-14)
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