Last units of the Japanese 52nd Independent Mixed Brigade, shipped out of Ponape on 23 Dec 1945, landed at Uraga, Japan.

What happened

The 52nd Independent Mixed Brigade had been Pohnpei’s main army garrison since January 1944. Its departure completed the removal of Japanese troops from Pohnpei, where all Japanese had been sent home by early January 1946.

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Sources for this note

JACAR, 52nd IMB
ja.wikipedia ポンペイ島

Sources for the event

JACAR, 52nd Brigade