Shigetoshi Miyazaki was the commander of the Yokohama Air Group during the Battle of Guadalcanal. His air group was stationed on Tulagi, an area near to the island. Then the United Statesinvaded, he was in charge of the air defenses. He was close friends with the commander of the Guadalcanal defenses, General Harukichi Hyakutake, and Hyakutake approved his plans to build Henderson Field in the Lunga area in order to support the Japanese New Guinea campaign. On May 18, 1942, he first inspected the Lunga Plain on Guadalcanal - or "Guadarukanaru" as the Japanese called the island, and pronounced it a fit place to establish an airfield on which to base the Mitsubishi G4M1 bomber, later code-named "Betty" by the Allies.
On May 27, 1942, Miyazaki and his engineers created a wildfire to clear the grasses of the Lunga Area in order to construct the airfield. On August 7, the Americans invaded Guadalcanal and Miyazaki had to cope with the marines, so he signaled Captain Sadayoshi Yamada in New Britain, telling him that the troops would fight to the last man and that they destroyed their papers. Fighting as an infantryman, Miyazaki was gunned down by US marines.
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from the Dead: Guadalcanal - A Historical Novel
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shigetoshi, miyazaki, some, this, article, listed, sources, reliable, please, help, improve, this, article, looking, better, more, reliable, sources, unreliable, citations, challenged, removed, august, 2012, learn, when, remove, this, message, 宮崎, 重敏, miyazaki. Some of this article s listed sources may not be reliable Please help improve this article by looking for better more reliable sources Unreliable citations may be challenged and removed August 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message Shigetoshi Miyazaki 宮崎 重敏 Miyazaki Shigetoshi died August 7 1942 was a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service He was killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal Shigetoshi MiyazakiBornJapanDiedAugust 7 1942Henderson Field Guadalcanal Solomon IslandsAllegiance Empire of JapanService wbr branch Imperial Japanese Navy Imperial Japanese Navy Air ServiceRankRear Admiral posthumous Commands heldYokohama Air GroupBattles warsWorld War II Pacific War Guadalcanal campaign Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu Tanambogo AwardsOrder of the Sacred Treasure From 9 December 1941 he commanded the Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands on Makin Shigetoshi Miyazaki was the commander of the Yokohama Air Group during the Battle of Guadalcanal His air group was stationed on Tulagi an area near to the island Then the United States invaded he was in charge of the air defenses He was close friends with the commander of the Guadalcanal defenses General Harukichi Hyakutake and Hyakutake approved his plans to build Henderson Field in the Lunga area in order to support the Japanese New Guinea campaign On May 18 1942 he first inspected the Lunga Plain on Guadalcanal or Guadarukanaru as the Japanese called the island and pronounced it a fit place to establish an airfield on which to base the Mitsubishi G4M1 bomber later code named Betty by the Allies On May 27 1942 Miyazaki and his engineers created a wildfire to clear the grasses of the Lunga Area in order to construct the airfield On August 7 the Americans invaded Guadalcanal and Miyazaki had to cope with the marines so he signaled Captain Sadayoshi Yamada in New Britain telling him that the troops would fight to the last man and that they destroyed their papers Fighting as an infantryman Miyazaki was gunned down by US marines References editfrom the Dead Guadalcanal A Historical Novel nbsp This biographical article related to the military of Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shigetoshi Miyazaki amp oldid 1072012047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
