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North Eastern Army, in Sendai [2]. 6th Division, in Higashine, responsible for the defense of Fukushima, Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures.; 9th Division, in Aomori, responsible for the defense of Akita, Aomori and Iwate prefectures.
Sendai after the 1945 air raid. The bombing of Sendai (仙台空襲, Sendai-kūshū) on July 10, 1945, was part of the strategic bombing campaign waged by the United States against the civilian population and military targets during the Japan home islands campaign in the closing stages of the Pacific War in 1945.
On 10 April 2011, Japan's Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, visited Camp Sendai to talk to U.S. service members. The prime minister spoke of the immediate response of the U.S. military and expressed his belief that the joint efforts between the U.S. military and the JGSDF will strengthen the bonds between the Japanese people and the United States.
The United States Forces Japan (USFJ) (Japanese: 在日米軍, Hepburn: Zainichi Beigun) is a subordinate unified command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command.It was activated at Fuchū Air Station in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 July 1957 to replace the Far East Command. [1]
Following the armistice, IX Corps remained on the front lines in Korea in case hostilities erupted again. On 1 January 1954, it was reassigned from the Eighth Army to United States Army Forces Far East and moved to Camp Zama in Japan. [59] Camp Sendai was Headquarters XVI and then IX Corps during the 1950s.
The 2nd Division was formed in Sendai, Miyagi, [1] in January 1871 as the Sendai Garrison (仙台鎮台, Sendai chindai), one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. The Sendai Garrison had responsibility for northern Honshū (the Tohoku region ), ranging from Fukushima Prefecture in the south to Aomori ...