JGSDF Camp Jinmachi

JGSDF Camp Jinmachi (神町駐屯地, Jinmachi-chūtonchi) is a military base of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, located in Higashine, Yamagata prefecture, Japan.

The facilities were taken over by the United States Army in 1945 after the surrender of Japan following World War II.

The base was initially occupied by the 674th Airborne Artillery Battalion of the 11th Airborne Division and named Camp Younghans after 1st Lt Raymond M Younghans who was killed in action on 31 March 1945 on Luzon in the Philippines.

The base was home to the 48th and 49th Field Artillery Battalions of the 7th Infantry Division along with a number of other American Army units until September 1950, when the bulk of American forces were redeployed to Korea for the Korean War.

This regiment was elevated to form the basis of the JGSDF 6th Division on 15 August 1962, with responsibility for the defense of Fukushima, Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures.