Yumio Nasu

Infobox Military Person
name= Yumio Nasu
lived= 27 June 1892 - 26 October 1942
placeofbirth= Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
placeofdeath=Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands


caption=
nickname=
allegiance= Empire of Japan
branch=
serviceyears= 1913-1942
rank= Major General
commands=59th Infantry Regiment
3rd Infantry Brigade
IJA 2nd Division
unit=
battles= World War II
*Second Sino-Japanese War
*Guadalcanal campaign
awards=
laterwork=nihongo|Yumio Nasu|那須弓雄|Nasu Yumio|extra= 27 June 1892 - 26 October 1942 was a major general and a division commander in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.

Biography

A native of Tochigi Prefecture, Nasu graduated from the 25th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1913 and from the 35th class of the Army Staff College in 1923. He served in various staff positions within the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, and was assigned to the Taiwan Army of Japan in 1917. In 1935 he served on the staff of the Kwangtung Army and participated in Operation Chahar. Nasu was promoted to major general in 1940, and became commander of the IJA 3rd Infantry Brigade. [cite web
last = Ammentorp
first = Steen
url = http://www.generals.dk/general/Nasu/Yumio/Japan.html
title = Nasu Yumio, Lieutenant-General (1892 – 1942)]

During the Guadalcanal campaign Nasu landed on Guadalcanal with the IJA 2nd Division during the first week of October 1942 in response to the Allied landings on the island.cite book
last = Frank
first = Richard
authorlink = Richard B. Frank
year = 1990
title = Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
publisher = Random House
location = New York
isbn = 0-394-58875-4] Nasu commanded one of the 2nd Division's large infantry groups, comprising infantry battalions from several regiments during the resulting October Matanikau action and Battle for Henderson Field. On October 25, 1942, while leading his troops against United States positions, Nasu was mortally wounded by rifle fire and died early the next morning.

He was posthumously promoted to lieutenant general.

References

*cite book
last = Griffith
first = Samuel B.
year = 1963
title = The Battle for Guadalcanal
publisher = University of Illinois Press
location = Champaign, Illinois, USA
isbn = 0-252-06891-2
*cite book
last = Fuller
first = Richard
year = 1992
title = Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai
publisher = Arms and Armour Press
location = London
isbn = 1854091514
*cite book
last = Rottman
first = Gordon L.
authorlink =
coauthors = Dr. Duncan Anderson (consultant editor)
year = 2005
chapter =
title = Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43
publisher = Osprey
location = Oxford and New York
isbn = 1-84176-870-7
*cite web
last = Hough
first = Frank O.
authorlink =
coauthors = Ludwig, Verle E., and Shaw, Henry I., Jr.
url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/I/index.html
title = Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal
format =
work = History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II
accessdate = 2006-05-16
*cite web
last = Miller
first = John Jr.
year = 1949
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/GuadC/GC-fm.htm
title = Guadalcanal: The First Offensive
work = United States Army in World War II
accessdate = 2006-07-04
*cite web
last = Shaw
first = Henry I.
year = 1992
url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Guadalcanal/index.html
title = First Offensive: The Marine Campaign For Guadalcanal
work = Marines in World War II Commemorative Series
accessdate = 2006-07-25
*cite web
last = Zimmerman
first = John L.
year = 1949
url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Guadalcanal.html
title = The Guadalcanal Campaign
work = Marines in World War II Historical Monograph
accessdate = 2006-07-04