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Via ibiblio.org
Ichimaru Toshinosuke (Ichimaru Rinosuke) was a famous naval pilot who walked with a limp from an old injury sustained in a test flight in 1926. By 1944 he was a rear admiral and commander of 27 Air Flotilla at Iwo Jima. With all his aircraft destroyed by American carrier raids, he put his 2300 men under command of the Army commander, Kuribayashi. Ichimaru disagreed with Kuribayashi's strategy of defense in depth, feeling his troops should either defend the beaches or concentrate around the Minamiburaki airfield complex; but he eventually built 300 pillboxes. By the time of the invasion, his force numbered 7,000. He led a final attack by 60 men on 18 March 1945 but somehow survived. He was finally killed leaving his cave on 27 March 1945.
Ichimaru left behind a letter addressed to President Roosevelt seeking to justify the Japanese decision to go to war.
| 1891-9-20 | born | |
| 1913-12-19 |
Midshipman | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 46th in a class of 118. Assigned to CL Adzuma |
| 1914-8-11 | BB Kongo |
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| 1914-10-24 | BC Ikoma |
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| 1914-12-1 | Ensign | |
| 1915-5-26 | CL Adzuma |
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| 1916-9-1 | BB Kongo | |
| 1916-12-1 | Lieutenant junior grade |
Gunnery School Basic Course |
| 1917-6-1 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1917-12-1 | Air Course | |
| 1918-12-1 | Yokosuka
Air Group |
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| 1919-9-25 | Fleet Air Group | |
| 1919-11-6 | Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1919-12-1 | Lieutenant | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group |
| 1920-6-3 | Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1920-7-26 | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1921-10-14 | AR Kanto |
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| 1922-6-10 | Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1922-11-1 | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1923-12-1 | Omura
Air Group |
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| 1925-1-7 | Kasumigaura
Air Group |
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| 1925-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
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| 1926-5-20 | Kasumigaura Air Group | |
| 1927-12-1 | Instructor, Kasumigaura Air Group | |
| 1928-1-10 | Kasumigaura Air Group | |
| 1928-12-10 | Instructor, Kasumigaura Air Group | |
| 1929-11-1 | Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1930-6-1 | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1931-12-1 | Commander | |
| 1933-11-1 | Executive officer, Sasebo Air Group |
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| 1934-11-15 | Staff, Carrier Division 1 |
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| 1935-5-25 | Executive officer, CV Kaga | |
| 1935-10-15 | Chinkai Guard
District |
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| 1936-10-1 | Commander, Chinkai Air Group |
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| 1936-12-1 | Captain | |
| 1937-11-15 | Commander, Yokohama Air Group | |
| 1938-12-15 | 1 Naval District |
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| 1939-4-1 | Commander, Chichi Jima Air Group |
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| 1939-11-6 | Commander, 13 Air Group |
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| 1940-11-15 | Commander, Suzuka
Air Group |
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| 1942-5-1 | Rear admiral |
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| 1942-8-20 | Staff, Southwest
Area Fleet |
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| 1942-9-1 | Commander, 21 Air
Flotilla |
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| 1943-11-15 | Commander, 13
Combined Air Group |
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| 1944-8-5 | Staff, 3 Air Fleet |
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| 1944-8-10 | Commander, 27 Air
Flotilla |
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| 1945-3-17 | Vice admiral |
Killed in action |
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