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  2. 35th Operations Group - Wikipedia

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    It is stationed at Misawa Air Base, Japan, and is a part of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). During World War II, the unit's predecessor, the 35th Fighter Group operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater as part of Fifth Air Force, first using P-38s and P-39s, and later P-47s.

  3. JGSDF Camp Hachinohe - Wikipedia

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    Camp Hachinohe was founded as a training field for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in 1941. On the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II, the airfield was occupied by the 7th Cavalry Regiment and the 29th AAA AW Battalion of the United States Army as Camp Haugen, in honor of Col. Orin D. Haugen.

  4. Ie Shima Airfield - Wikipedia

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    Location of Ie Shima Airfield. The airfields on Ie Shima were built by the Japanese prior to the American invasion and subsequent Battle of Okinawa in April 1945. It was seized by elements of the United States Army 77th Infantry Division after intermittent bombardment of the island by the United States Navy Fifth Fleet from 25 March through 16 April when the invasion of the island commenced.

  5. Misawa Air Base - Wikipedia

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    Misawa Air Base (三沢飛行場, Misawa Hikōjō) (IATA: MSJ, ICAO: RJSM) is an air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), the United States Air Force, and the United States Navy located in Misawa, Aomori, in the northern part of the island of Honshū of Japan. It is located 684 km (425 mi) north of Tokyo at the "Tip of the Spear".

  6. Category : Japanese military personnel of World War II

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    Japanese military personnel killed in World War II (3 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Japanese military personnel of World War II" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.

  7. Washington Heights (Tokyo) - Wikipedia

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    Before the surrender of Japan, the area was used as a parade ground by the Imperial Japanese Army. [1] The U.S. military ordered the construction of the Washington Heights complex by the Japanese government, [3] and maintained control of it after the signing of the Treaty of San Francisco. Although the treaty returned Japanese sovereignty in ...

  8. Japan during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Japan participated in World War II from 1939 to 1945 as a member of the Axis. World War II and the Second Sino-Japanese War encapsulate a significant period in the history of the Empire of Japan, marked by significant military campaigns and geopolitical maneuvers across the Asia-Pacific region.

  9. Hōfu Air Field - Wikipedia

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    Hōfu Airfield's origins appear to begin as a World War II airfield, as its runway pattern is indicative of wartime fields built in that era. It was the main Royal Australian Air Force base during the early part of the occupation of Japan and was repaired by No. 5 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF.