1941

Table 6--Assignment of Forces, USAFFE, 3 December 1941

  Troop Assignment

Sector U.S. Army Philippine Army

Force Hq and Hq Co (U.S.)

11th Division
26th Cavalry (PS)
North Luzon Force 21st Division
One bn, 45th Inf (PS)
Maj. Gen. Jonathan M. 31st Division
Btry A, 23 FA (pk) (PS)
Wainwright 71 Division (used as
Btrys B and C, 86th FA (PS)
   directed by USAFFE)
66th QM Troop (Pk) (PS)

South Luzon Force Force Hq and Hq Co (U.S.) 41st Division

Brig. Gen. George M. Parker, Jr Hq and Hq Btry, Btry A, 86th FA (PS) 51st Division

Force Hq and Hq Co (PS) 61st Division

Visayan-Mindanao Force
  81st Division
Brig. Gen. William F. Sharp
  101st Division

Hq, Philippine Dept 91st Division

Reserve Force
Philippine Division (less one bn) Hq, Philippine Army
directly under the control of
86th FA (PS) less dets  
MacArthur's headquarters
Far East Air Force  

Headquarters
59th CA (U.S.)
Harbor Defenses 60th CA (AA) (U.S.)
 
Maj. Gen. George F. Moore 91st CA (PS)
92d CA (PS)
200th CA (U.S.), assigned to PCAC
 PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII

DECEMBER 7, 1941
(DECEMBER 8 - PHILIPPINE TIME)

“THE DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY”

•BATAN ISLAND – 08 DEC
•CAMIGUIN – 10 DEC
•APARRI – 10 DEC
•VIGAN – 10 DEC
•LEGASPI – 12 DEC
•DAVAO – 20 DEC
•JOLO – 24 DEC
Night of 21 Dec,
seventy-six heavily
loaded Army transports,
all under strong naval
escort, steamed into
Lingayen Gulf and
dropped anchor. This is
the main strength of
General Homma's 14th
Army, altogether 43,110
men.
From 22 to 24 Dec, they
landed with little
opposition
The Lamon Bay Force had a secondary role in
the seizure of Luzon and was consequently
much smaller than the Lingayen Force. Its
combat elements consisted primarily of
General Morioka's 16th Division (less the 9th
and 33d Infantry and some supporting
elements) and numbered 7,000 men. In
addition, it contained a number of attached
service and supporting units.
The voyage from Amami Oshima was smooth and
uneventful until 23 Dec, when an American
submarine forced the convoy to adopt evasive
tactics. No damage was caused.

At 0130 of the following morning (24 Dec), after the

Lingayen Force had already been ashore for two
days, the transports dropped anchor in Lamon Bay.
An hour later the troops were ready to move to
shore.
•12 MARCH – MACARTHUR WAS EVACUATED FROM
CORRIGIDOR TO AUSTRALIA
•GEN. WAINWRIGHT ASSUMES COMMAND
THE FALL
OF BATAAN
09 APRIL
THE
SURRENDER OF
CORRIGEDOR
06 MAY
AMERICAN GENERALS IN CAPTIVITY, July 1942. Seated, left to right: Generals
Moore, King, and Wainwright; two Japanese officers; Generals Parker and Jones.
Standing, left to right: Japanese messenger; Generals Lough, Funk, Weaver,
Brougher, Beebe, Bluemel, Drake, McBride, and Pierce; Colonel Hoffman (interpreter);
and two Japanese soldiers
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