User:Hungrydog55/sandbox/military/pacificfront/1945-01 Luzon groundoob
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Disposition of Japanese Forces on Luzon, January 1945
Opposing forces
[edit]United States
[edit]Ground force commanders for the invasion of Luzon
Sixth Army: Walter Krueger (shown as a full general)
XIV Corps: Oscar W. Griswold (shown as a lieut. general)
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I Corps: Innis P. Swift
South West Pacific Area
General Douglas MacArthur
US Sixth Army
Lieutenant General Walter Krueger
Approx. 193,901 officers and enlisted
- Army-level units[1]
- Operations Force 40
4th Engineer Special Brigade- 533rd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- 543rd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- 68th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade
- 14th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group
- 197th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group
- 251st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group
- Operations Force 40
Western landing area (Lingayen)
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XIV Army Corps- Major General Oscar W. Griswold
- Embarked in Task Force 79 under Vice Adm. Theodore S. Wilkinson
- Left sector
37th Infantry ("Buckeye") Division[2]- Major General Robert S. Beightler
- Infantry
- Left (Crimson): 129th Infantry Regiment
- Right (Yellow): 148th Infantry Regiment
- Reserve: 145th Infantry Regiment
- Artillery
- 6th, 135th, 140th Field Artillery Bttns. (105mm)
- 136th Field Artillery Bttn. (155mm)
- Division troops
- 117th Engineer Combat Battalion
- 37th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
- 112th Medical Battalion
- 37th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment
- Infantry
- Right sector
40th Infantry ("Sunshine") Division[3]- Major General I. Rapp Brush
- Infantry
- Left (Green): 160th Infantry Regiment
- Right (Orange): 185th Infantry Regiment
- Reserve: 108th Infantry Regiment
- Artillery
- 143rd, 164th, 213th Field Artillery Bttns. (105mm)
- 222nd Field Artillery Bttn. (155mm)
- Division troops
- 115th Engineer Combat Battalion
- 40th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
- 115th Medical Battalion
- 40th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment
- Infantry
Eastern landing area (San Fabian)
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I Army Corps- Major General Innis P. Swift
- Embarked in Task Force 78 under Vice Adm. Daniel E. Barbey
- Left sector (White Beaches)
43rd Infantry ("Winged Victory") Division[4]- Major General Leonard F. Wing
- Infantry
- Artillery
- 103rd, 152nd, 169th Field Artillery Bttns. (105mm)
- 192nd Field Artillery Bttn. (155mm)
- Division troops
- 118th Engineer Combat Battalion
- 43rd Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
- 118th Medical Battalion
- 43rd Counterintelligence Corps Detachment
- Right sector (Blue Beaches)
6th Infantry ("Red Star") Division[5]- Major General Edwin D. Patrick[a]
- Infantry
- Artillery
- 1st, 51st, 53rd Field Artillery Bttns. (105mm)
- 80th Field Artillery Bttn. (155mm)
- Division troops
- 6th Engineer Combat Battalion
- 6th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
- 6th Medical Battalion
- 6th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment
- Landed D+2
25th Infantry ("Tropic Lightning") Division[6]- Major General Charles L. Mullins Jr.
- Infantry
- 27th Infantry Regiment
- 35th Infantry Regiment
- 298th Infantry Regiment
- Artillery
- 8th, 64th, 89th Field Artillery Bttns. (105mm)
- 90th Field Artillery Bttn. (155mm)
- Division troops
- 65th Engineer Combat Battalion
- 25th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
- 25th Medical Battalion
- 25th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment
Sixth Army reserve
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158th Regimental Combat Team[b]
13th Armored Group
6th Ranger Battalion
Japan
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Fourteenth Area Army[c]
General Tomoyuki Yamashita[d]
- Northern Luzon
- Shobu Group (approx. 152,000 officers and enlisted)
- General Yamashita
- Central Luzon
- Kembu Group (approx. 30,000 officers and enlisted)
- Lieut. General Rikichi Tsukada
- Southern Luzon
- Shimbu Group (approx. 80,000 officers and enlisted)
- Lieut. General Shizuo Yokoyama
Bibliography
[edit]- Chun, Clayton (2015). Leyte 1944: Return to the Philippines. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-4728-0690-1.
- Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). World War II Order of Battle. New York: Galahad Books. ISBN 0-88365-775-9.
Web
- "World War II Divisional Combat Chronicles". history.army.mil. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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