Shirō Ishii
Japanese microbiologist
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Surgeon General Shirō Ishii was a Japanese war criminal, microbiologist and army medical officer who was the director of Unit 731, a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army. Wikipedia
Born: June 25, 1892, Shibayama, Chiba, Japan
Died: October 9, 1959 (age 67 years), Tokyo, Japan
Awards: Order of the Golden Kite, Fourth Class
Battles/wars: Second Sino-Japanese War; World War II; Korean War
Commands held: Unit 731, Kwantung Army
Rank: Surgeon general (lieutenant-general)