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Set several original photographs and posthumoustly (postwar) award document for the Order of the Rising Sun 5th Class of 1st Lt. Genichi Hattori “1st Lt Genichi Hattori who was the executive officer under Maj Kyusan Matsushita‘s 10th Independent Antitank battalion. The unit was charged with the defense of Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima when the American Marines landed on Feb. 19, 1945. According to records, his sector was the eastern side of the mountain facing Green Beach where the 28th Marines landed. Hattori never saw the flag go up on Suribachi for he was killed on Feb 22, 1945. ” Comes also with a book, where he is mentioned.
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