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The 71st Infantry Division was a reserve division of the Philippine Army that fought under the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE). It was known for its fight with Japanese invading forces in Layac Junction, that was ordered to hold until all retreating Fil-American forces of crossed into Bataan Peninsula.
Camp O'Donnell is a current military base and former United States military reservation in the Philippines located on Luzon island in the municipality of Capas in Tarlac.It housed the Philippine Army's newly created 71st Division and after the Americans' return, a United States Army camp.
71st Infantry Regiment is a reserve unit of Philippine Commonwealth Army under 71st Infantry Division activated and organized in Negros Island. It was transferred to Luzon island to bolster its defending forces during World War II.
71st Field Artillery Regiment was a military unit of Philippine Army activated in 1941 as part of 71st Infantry Division. It fought in Luzon during Japanese landing and also in Bataan. All officers and men was captured during surrender of Fil-American forces in Bataan on April 9, 1942.
71st Philippine Division: • 71st Engineer Battalion: 10 • 71st Field Artillery Regiment: 1 • 71st Infantry Regiment: 2 • 72nd Infantry Regiment: 6 • 73rd Infantry Regiment. 3 • 75th Infantry Regiment (Provisional) 1: 74th Philippine Infantry Regiment (Provisional) 1: 74th Quartermaster Baking Co {PS} 17: 76th Ordnance Company: 81st ...
Vicente Lim (formerly Philippine Army Vice Chief of Staff) covering Southern Tagalog region, 51st Division under BGen. Albert Jones covering Bicol Peninsula, and 71st Division (unit from Visayas) under Col. (BGen) Clyde Selleck as reserve. However, 71st Division was transferred to North Luzon Force in late November as its Force Reserve.
Total Strength—22,532 (1,434 officers—21,098 enlisted, including 11,937 Philippine Scouts) USAFFE Headquarters (5) Philippine Department Headquarters (289) Philippine Division (10,473) Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays (5,360) Philippine Army Air Corps (2,407) 26th Cavalry Regiment (838) 43rd Infantry Regiment (329)
The 74th Infantry Regiment was a provisional unit activated and organized in Negros in the Philippines during World War II after all units of the 71st Infantry Division were transferred to Luzon and Mindanao. It was composed mostly of reserve ROTC cadets and recruits on Negros. It was activated by Headquarters, Philippine Army, in December 1941 ...