“A number of holes dug by the army” Nagano Feb 22 at 7:09 am
During the 75 years since the war, a group in Nagano City, which is investigating the situation in Nagano Prefecture during the Pacific War, held a rally in the city on the 21st, and a hole where the army seems to have dug in Nagano city Reported that there may have been more than one, and that a Navy communications group may have been stationed shortly before the end of the war.
The rally held in Amosori, Nagano City, was attended by about 30 people, including research groups made up of local native historians and local residents.
At the rally, a member of the research group, Mitsuo Tsuchiya, reported that "traces of four allegedly dug holes during the war were found last year in Amosori, 74 years after the end of the war."
According to the research group, diaries written by the mayor of the former village of Amosori during the war and testimonies of residents at the time indicate that these holes may have been dug by units directly under the Chief of Staff of the Army.
Also, in the diary of the village chief at that time, etc., there was a statement that a person named `` Lt. Colonel Miki Sonoda '', who was the commander of the Navy Communications Corps, was visiting Amosori just before the end of the war, and the Navy Communications Corps was stationed and operated. And may have done so.
Mr. Tsuchiya says, "I think we were trying to build a base related to the" Matsushiro Daihonei, "which was built in preparation for the mainland decisive battle. Continue to investigate what happened in Nagano City during the war. I want to go. "