Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: A ṣeto Brigade Amphibious 1st ni ọjọ 16 Oṣu kọkanla ọdun 1943 labẹ aṣẹ ti Lieutenant General Yoshimi Nishida lati inu Manchukuo ti o da lori IJA 3rd Independent Garrison Unit. Ni aarin Oṣu kejila ọdun 1943, ile-iṣẹ naa wọ ọkọ ati de laipẹ lẹhinna ni Truk, nibiti o ti gbe labẹ IJN 4th Fleet. Awọn Imperial General Headquarters yàn ọ si Eniwetok lati koju a ti ṣe yẹ Allied invasion: sibẹsibẹ, awọn brigade sọnu ninu awọn sinking ti awọn "Aikoku Maru" ni Truck on 17 February 1944 nigba ti isẹ Hailstone. Awọn ọkunrin 800 miiran, pẹlu Lieutenant General Nishida ni a pa run lakoko awọn
Ogun Eniwetok lati ọjọ 17 si ọjọ 23 Kínní 1944 nipasẹ Ẹgbẹ Ọmọ-ogun Amẹrika. Awọn ọkunrin ati awọn ọkọ ti o ku ni a firanṣẹ si Palau ati pe a ṣepọ sinu IJA 53rd Independent Mixed Brigade ni Oṣu Karun ọdun 1944.