101st Division (Philippines)

101st Division
101st Philippine Division Emblem 1941-42
Active	1941 - 10 May 1942
Country	Commonwealth of the Philippines
Branch	Philippine Army
Type	Infantry Division
Size	Division
Part of	Visayan-Mindanao Force
Engagements	World War II Philippines Campaign (1941-1942)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Col. (later BGen.) Joseph P. Vachon

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The 101st Infantry Division was a division of the Philippine Army under the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE).

History

It was active from 1941 to 10 May 1942, whereupon it surrendered after Corregidor fell. It was active in Mindanao. Col. (later BGen.) Joseph P. Vachon (USA) was the division's commander, and Vachon simultaneously commanded the Cotabato-Davao Force, Mindanao Force.

Combat Narrative

After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in December 1941, it formed part of Visayan-Mindanao Force under Brigadier General (later Major General) William F. Sharp, HQ originally at Cebu City.

Order of battle

• 101st Infantry Regiment (PA) (LCol. John H. McGee) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
• 102nd Infantry Regiment (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
• 103rd Infantry Regiment (PA) (Maj. Joseph R. Webb) (103rd Inf. transf. to 102nd Division until transf. to 10th Division)
• 104th Provisional Infantry Regiment (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
• 101st Field Artillery Regiment (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
  • 101st FA Regt HQ Company (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
  • 1st Bn/101st FA Regt (PA) (2.95-inch pack howitzers, 4x) (guns & ammo never arrived; sunk on the SS Corregidor, 17 Dec 41) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
  • 2nd Bn/101st FA Regt (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
  • 3rd Bn/101st FA Regt (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
• 101st Engineer Battalion (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
• 101st Division Units (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
  • 101st Division Headquarters & HQ Company (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
  • 101st Medical Battalion (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
  • 101st Signal Company (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
  • 101st Quartermaster Company (Motorized) (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))
  • 101st QM Transport Company (Truck) (PA) (transf. to 10th Division (PA))

Sources

• Morton, Louis (1953). United States Army in World War II, The War in the Pacific: The Fall of the Philippines. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army. 
• Whitman, John W. (1990). Bataan: Our Last Ditch : The Bataan Campaign, 1942. Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-87052-877-7. 

Bibliography

• Morton, Louis. The Fall of the Philippines (Publication 5-2). Retrieved on 14 Feb 2017.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.