Kazushi Sugita

Sugita prepared a withdrawal plan on behalf of Kumao Imoto, who was fighting a case of dengue fever but who as the superior officer is generally credited with the successful evacuation of Japanese troops carried out between 14 January and 7 February 1943 (Operation Ke).[5] During the Battle of the Bismarck Sea (2–4 March 1943), Colonel Sugita, as part the plan to establish a headquarters staff in Lae, was traveling with a Japanese convoy of sixteen ships aboard the destroyer Tokitsukaze, which was hit by an Allied air attack.His account of the surrender was incorporated into the A Nation Reborn: A short history of postwar Japan, edited by Jun Etō.[7] In July 1946, he was held in Sugamo Prison, pursuant to accusations made by Colonel Cyril Hew Dalrymple Wild, a British War Crime Liaison Officer.During a tour of U.S. military bases on 7 March 1961, he visited Fort Myer, Virginia, where he met with U.S. General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the U.S.
Sugita (middle) leading Lt. Gen. Percival and his staff to surrender.
Nara PrefectureEmpire of JapanImperial Japanese ArmyJapan Ground Self Defense ForceGeneralWorld War IIPacific WarcolonelJapanese Imperial Armysurrender of SingaporeLt. Gen. Percivalmilitary attachéMalayan campaignintelligence officerTwenty-Fifth ArmyTomoyuki YamashitaSingaporeLieutenant-General PercivalGuadalcanal campaignImperial General Headquarters2nd DivisionEighth Area ArmyRabaulKumao Imotodengue feverOperation KeBattle of the Bismarck SeaTokitsukazeYukikazesurrender of JapanPrince Naruhiko HigashikuniDouglas MacArthurRichard K. SutherlandJun EtōInstrument of SurrenderUSS MissouriSook ChingSugamo PrisonChief of StaffJapan Ground Self-Defense ForceFort MyerVirginiaGeorge H. DeckerU.S. ArmyNational Police ReserveHayashiSugitaKinugasaFujinawaHibakoKimizukaYamazaki