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Ota Minoru had long experience commanding Special Naval Landing Forces, having commanded the force that fought in Shanghai in August 1937. He commanded the forces assigned to take Midway and was subsequently promoted to rear admiral. He commanded the Japanese naval infantry on New Georgia in the Solomons in mid-1943. He and his SNLF troops were successfully evacuated by barge in August 1943. He then commanded Okinawa Base Force on Okinawa, where he committed suicide in his underground headquarters on 13 June 1945, leaving behind a death poem (Feifer 1992);
How could we rejoice over our birth
but to die an honorable death
under the Emperor's flag.
| 1891-4-7 | born | |
| 1913-12-19 |
Midshipman | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 64th in a class of 118. Assigned to CL Adzuma. |
| 1914-8-11 | BB Kawachi |
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| 1914-12-1 | Ensign | |
| 1915-6-30 | Awaiting assignment |
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| 1915-10-27 | BB Fuso |
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| 1916-12-1 | Lieutenant junior grade |
Gunnery School Basic Course |
| 1917-11-14 | Awaiting assignment |
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| 1918-9-20 | 1 Naval District |
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| 1918-12-1 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1919-5-23 | Gunnery School Basic Course | |
| 1919-12-1 | Sasebo
Sailor Corps |
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| 1920-12-1 | Lieutenant | Gunnery School Advanced Course |
| 1921-12-1 | BB Hiei |
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| 1923-8-13 | BB Fuso | |
| 1924-12-1 | 1 Naval District | |
| 1925-12-1 | Instructor, Gunnery School | |
| 1926-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
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| 1928-12-10 | Staff, 1 Expeditionary Fleet | |
| 1929-9-25 | 3 Naval District |
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| 1929-11-1 | Yokosuka
Sailor Corps |
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| 1931-11-2 | Instructor, Gunnery School | |
| 1932-1-29 | Staff, 1 Expeditionary Fleet | |
| 1932-4-20 | Instructor, Gunnery School | |
| 1932-12-1 | Commander | |
| 1936-12-1 | Executive officer, BB Yamashiro |
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| 1937-10-16 | Commander, AO Tsurumi |
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| 1937-12-1 | Captain | |
| 1938-8-10 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1939-1-20 | Commander, 6 Kure
SNLF |
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| 1939-4-1 | Commander, 6 Defense Unit |
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| 1939-4-15 | Executive officer, Kure Sailor Corps |
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| 1941-11-1 | Staff, China Area Fleet |
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| 1942-1-15 | 1 Naval District | |
| 1942-5-1 | Commander, 2 Combined SNLF |
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| 1942-8-10 | Commander, 2 Sasebo Sailor Corps |
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| 1942-11-1 | Rear admiral |
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| 1942-11-11 | Staff, 8 Fleet |
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| 1942-11-20 | Commander, 8 Combined SNLF |
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| 1943-12-1 | Commander, 14 Auxiliary Base Force |
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| 1944-3-20 | Commander, Sasebo Guard Force |
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| 1945-1-20 | Commander, 4 Maritime Escort Fleet |
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| 1945-2-25 | Commander, Okinawa Area Auxiliary Base
Force |
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| 1945-6-13 | Vice admiral |
Commits suicide |
References
Feifer (1992)
Materials
of IJN (accessed 2008-6-20)
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