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Colonel Hiromichi Yahara

COLONEL HIROMICHI YAHARA was the senior staff officer in charge of operations for the 32nd Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II, and the highest-ranking Japanese officer to leave Okinawa alive. He is the author of The Battle for Okinawa.

Prior to Okinawa, Yahara taught strategy at Japan’s Army War College and served as an exchange officer in the United States.

Yahara died on May 7, 1981.

Colonel Hiromichi Yahara’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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