See Japanese Tank Farm on Pohnpei, Micronesia

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At the end of World War II the US forces requested that the Japanese concentrate their equipment for disarmamment. These Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks were parked for inspection on the Etscheidt property outside Kolonia, Pohnpei. During World War II the Japanese garrison strength was composed of about 2,000 men of the IJN under Captain Jun Naito and 5,984 IJA men under Lieutenant General Masao Watanabe. However, Pohnpei was bypassed by the US Navy during the island-hopping amphibious campaigns of 1943–1945. The island was shelled on several occasions, including by the battleships USS Massachusetts, USS Alabama, and USS Iowa, as well as air attacks launched from USS Cowpens. After the war, Japanese nationals were repatriated to Japan by the US Navy. The tanks are private property, purchased at auction from the US Navy in the 1950s.

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