Tokyo, Mar. 6.
Heroic exploits of a Japanese private and an officer of the Kataoka detachment in a battle near Kashan on November 11, and of troops of the Miaki unit at Nanking, were brought to the attention of Emperor Hirohito yesterday, the Military Section of the Imperial General Headquarters announced yesterday afternoon, The two men were Sub-Lieutenant Kenji and Private Yoshio Kataoka. Their actions were given special recognition by Lieutenant-General Heisuke Yanagawa in a letter written on November 13.
The Miaki unit under the command of Captain Yasuma Miaki, which took the lead in entering Nanking, was praised by General Yanagawa in a letter dated December 17—Domei.
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