Accompanying the battalion was Lieutenant Colonel Kumao Imoto, representing the 8th Area Army, who was to deliver the evacuation order and plan to Hyakutake.
Sammen med bataljonen ankom oberstløjtnant Kumao Imoto som repræsentant for 8. områdearmé, der skulle aflevere evakueringsordren og de tilhørende planer til Hyakutake.