Seaman Ryuzo Takahashi, second class, belonging to the Takeda detachment of the Special Naval Landing Party, who had rejoined his unit after recovering from wounds sustained in combat, died heroically on Thursday night during the mopping-up operations in Pootung, the "Shanghai United News," sole-Japanese-language paper here, reported yesterday morning.
Takahashi, according to the paper, was wounded in the chest by shrapnel when his unit was operating against the Chinese near Ningkwo Road, in the eastern sector.
Having recovered from his wounds, the paper said, Takahashi rejoined his unit and on Thursday began an advance toward a point in Pootung almost opposite from the Nantao Bund.
After arresting five plain-clothes Chinese, the paper revealed, Taka-hoshi received from his commanding officer an order to carry back report. It was while he was carrying the dispatch back to the rear that he was shot by a sniper. According to the paper, the shot, a pistol bullet, entered his head through the left upper jaw.
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