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Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Disposition of Japanese Forces on Luzon, January 1945


Opposing forces

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United States

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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)
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

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
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

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
103rd Infantry Regiment
169th Infantry Regiment
172nd Infantry Regiment
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
1st Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
63rd Infantry Regiment
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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Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita

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

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Print

  • 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

  1. ^ Chun, p. 21
  2. ^ Stanton, p. 121
  3. ^ Stanton, p. 125
  4. ^ Stanton, p. 130
  5. ^ Stanton, p. 85
  6. ^ Stanton, p. 99


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