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Luzon Force
Bataan Defense Force
Active
March 17, 1942 – April 9, 1942
Disbanded
April 9, 1942
Countries
United States Philippines
Allegiance
United States Army
Branch
Army
Type
Field Army
Role
Combined Arms
Size
85,000
Part of
US Forces in the Philippines (USFIP)
United States Army Forces in the Far East
Field Army
Bataan
Engagements
Battle of Bataan
Battle honours
US Presidential Unit Citation
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Philippine Defense Campaign Ribbon
Commanders
Commanders
MGen. Edward P. King Jr
MGen. Jonathan M. Wainwright IV
Chief of Staff
BGen. Arnold J. Funk
G1 Personnel
Col Floyd Marshall
G2 Intelligence
Col Frank Holland
G3 Operations
Col. James Collier
G4 Supply
Col Roy Hilton
Quartermaster
Col. Christopher Lawrence
Notable commanders
Major General Edward P. King Jr.,
Major General Jonathan M. Wainwright IV
Military unit
USFIP Commands
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Luzon Force or Bataan Defense Force is a short-lived Field Army size unit created in the Philippines after the restructure of command organized by General Douglas MacArthur commander of US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE). He wished to control the 4 Commands from Australia with its representative in Corregidor Island. Major General Jonathan M. Wainwright IV was selected to command as the senior general officer in Bataan peninsula.
BGen. Albert Jones will be promoted to major general and will take over General Wainwright's command of I Philippine Corps (NLF) defending the west coast and Major General George S. Parker commands II Philippine Corps (SLF). BGen. Allan McBride commanding the Service Area Command.
General Wainwright selected BGen. Arnold J. Funk as his Chief of Staff selected more officers for his staff.
LuzonForce or Bataan Defense Force is a short-lived Field Army size unit created in the Philippines after the restructure of command organized by General...
South LuzonForce was a corps-sized unit of the US Army Forces Far East (USAFFE) active in the Philippines between 1941 and 1942. Created along with other...
The North LuzonForce was a corps-sized grouping of the U.S.-sponsored Philippine Army, defeated in battle against the Japanese in 1941–42. On November...
November 1941 USAFFE formally created the North LuzonForce, South LuzonForce, and the Visayas-Mindanao Force. Actually all had been in existence for several...
Corregidor. North LuzonForce and South LuzonForce which are now located in the same location in Bataan Peninsula is now known as LuzonForce under Wainwright...
were on Luzon. On 24 December, as Masaharu Homma's Japanese Fourteenth Area Army advanced and General Jonathan Wainwright's North LuzonForce retreated...
the Philippines. This included North LuzonForce (under then Major General Jonathan M. Wainwright), South LuzonForce activated December 13, 1941 under Brig...
The Battle of Luzon (Tagalog: Labanan sa Luzon; Japanese: ルソン島の戦い; Spanish: Batalla de Luzón) was a land battle of the Pacific Theater of Operations of...
military academy in Baguio on Luzon. Quezon noted that there was inadequate funds and time to build an effective naval defense force; the act provided for no...
and 62nd already in Mindanao. Panay Force has reached to 8,000 men. When 71st Infantry Division was ordered to Luzon in September 1, 1941 only 73rd Infantry...
Peninsula). He divided his command into the North LuzonForce, the South LuzonForce and the Visayan-Mindanao Force. Brigadier General Vicente Lim's 41st Infantry...
community quarantine in Luzon was a series of stay-at-home orders and cordon sanitaire measures implemented by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management...
Generals Douglas MacArthur and Jonathan Wainwright, the commander of the LuzonForce, Bataan, Major General Edward P. King, Jr., surrendered more than 76...
previous VMF HQ to his Mindanao Force HQ and released Visayan Force to Brigadier General Bradford Chynoweth. Along with LuzonForce and Harbor Defense of Manila...
The 1990 Luzon earthquake occurred on July 16 at 4:26 p.m. (PDT) or 3:26 p.m. (PST) on the densely populated island of Luzon in the Philippines. The shock...
Freeport and Special Economic Zone (CFEZ), refers to an area in Central Luzon, Philippines. The CFEZ in Pampanga covers portions of the cities of Angeles...
States Air Force until it was closed and handed over to the Government of the Philippines in 1991. The airport is managed and operated by Luzon International...
General Edward P. King Jr., the commanding officer of the Southern LuzonForce, negotiated with the Japanese High Command the surrender of the Bataan-based...
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