Sanji Iwabuchi

Captain Sanji Iwabuchi (d. 1943) lead a squad of the Japanese special naval landing forces that made up part of the occupation forces in Hawaii from 1941-43. He was a vicious and tenacious leader, drilling his men regularly, screaming at them and berating them constantly. When the United States retook the islands in 1943, Iwabuchi became the leader of Japanese forces after General Tomoyuki Yamashita was killed. He made sure that the Americans paid for every piece of ground taken, frequently ordering his troops to charge the enemy, usually heedless of the Japanese soldiers killed and of any civilians caught in the crossfire. American intelligence was horrified to learn that Iwabuchi's mentality was hardly unique among the Japanese military.