In February 1943, the division was assigned to the 16th army. The bulk of the division had sailed from Moji onboard the ship "Miike Maru", together with the 30th Independent Mixed Brigade. On 23 April 1943 it landed in Shanghai and departed again for Saigon on 19 July 1943, arriving on 30 July 1943[1][2] The 154th infantry regiment and signals company had followed and arrive on 12 May 1943 from the Ujina terminal of Hiroshima onboard the ships "Takoma Maru" and "Nagato Maru", arriving directly in Singapore on 9 June 1943.[3][4] The 54th division was re-subordinated to the 28th army in January 1944 and sent to Burma.
↑ Gordon Smith、Don Kindell、Donald A. Bertke, "World War II Sea War, Vol 9: Wolfpacks Muzzled", p. 233
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