Imperial Japanese Army Railways And Shipping Section
The Imperial Japanese Army Railway and Shipping Section was the logistics unit of the Imperial Japanese Army charged with shipping personnel, materiel and equipment from metropolitan Japan to the combat front overseas.
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In maiden meditation, fancy-free.”
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