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Document for Sacred Treasure 1st class issued for Lieutenant General Yamada Seiichi (1893-1945) He commanded 5th Division in the Kai and Aroe Islands from October 1944. After the end of war he commited suicide.
He got his 1st class on May 17, 1944.
Service record
Born 1893
1936
Colonel, Commander, Field Artiller School Training Regiment
1937
Chief, Service Section, Economic Mobilization Bureau, Ministry of War
1939
Head, Economic Mobilization Burea, Ministry of War
1942
Director of Fuel Supplies, Southern Army
1944-10
Lieutenant general
Commander, 5 Division, Kai and Aroe Islands
1945-9
Commits suicide
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Some additional info
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B0%E6%B8%85%E4%B8%80