Manchukuo Imperial Army
The Gando Special Force (1 December 1938 - 1945) ( Japanese Hepburn romanization: "Kantō Tokusetsutai" ) was an independent battalion within the Manchukuo Imperial Army composed primarily of ethnic Koreans, and some experienced foreign mercenaries from Asia tasked with suppressing anti-Japanese, anti-Manchukuo, and pro-communist militant groups in the border areas between northern Japanese occupied Korea and Manchukuo.