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Mindanao Force
Hukbong Lakas ng Mindanao
Active
March 17, 1942 – May 9, 1942
Disbanded
May 10, 1942
Country
Commonwealth of the Philippines
Allegiance
United States Army
Branch
United States Army United States Army Air Corps United States Navy Philippine Scouts Philippine Army Philippine Constabulary
Type
Corps
Role
Territorial Defense
Size
35,780
Part of
United States Forces in the Philippines
Visayas-Mindanao Force
Battle of Davao Battle of Bogo Battle of Tagaloan Battle of Mangayon Canyon Battle of Cotabato Battle of Zamboanga Battle of Malabang
Decorations
US Presidential Unit Citation
Philippine President
Battle honours
US Presidential Unit Citation
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Commanders
Notable commanders
Major General William F. Sharp, USA
Aircraft flown
Bomber
B17 Boeing Flying Fortress
Fighter
P40 Curtiss Warhawk
P35 Seversky
Transport
C47 Skymaster
C46 Commando
Military unit
USFIP Commands
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Visayan Force
Mindanao Force is a corps size military unit defending the island of Mindanao the second largest Island of the Philippines from March 17, 1942, to its surrender on May 9, 1942. The force was already created when the Visayas-Mindanao Force was split into two in March 1942. It was initiated in February 1942 in the headquarters of US Army Forces in the Far East but took effect when General Douglas MacArthur departed for Australia on March 17, 1942.[1]
Visayas-Mindanao Force (VMF) commander Major General William F. Sharp assumed command of the force since he moved his previous headquarters in January in that year. He retained his staffs from his previous VMF HQ to his Mindanao Force HQ and released Visayan Force to Brigadier General Bradford Chynoweth. Along with Luzon Force and Harbor Defense of Manila and Subic, both headquarters are to report directly to US Forces in the Philippines HQ in Corregidor under Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright IV.
Main mission of Mindanao Force is to protect Del Monte Field and construct more air fields around Mindanao so supplies from Australia can be flown in preparation for the relief of the Philippine Garrison by General MacArthur. This was not materialized due to the grip of the Japanese forces in the Philippines and its surrender on May 10, 1942.
^Morton, Louis (June 26, 1952). The Fall of the Philippines. Washington, D.C: Louis Morton. p. 501.
MindanaoForce is a corps size military unit defending the island of Mindanao the second largest Island of the Philippines from March 17, 1942, to its...
under Wainwright with CPY in Mariveles, Bataan. Visayas-MindanaoForce is split into MindanaoForce still with Major General William F. Sharp with its current...
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November 1941 USAFFE formally created the North Luzon Force, South Luzon Force, and the Visayas-MindanaoForce. Actually all had been in existence for several...
Mindanao (/ˌmɪndəˈnaʊ/ MIN-də-NOW) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located...
Visayas-MindanaoForce under Colonel W.F. Sharp in the southern islands (61st, 81st, and 101st Divisions plus three other regiments), and the Reserve Force....
for the refresher training course. In March when MindanaoForce was established, General Sharp the force commander ordered Colonel Dalton and Major Peck's...
was advised that the Visayas-MindanaoForce was to split into two different commands and he will command the Visayan Force with headquarters in Cebu. He...
operation has cease ordered General Sharp of MindanaoForce to reconstitute his old command the Visayas-MindanaoForce to command the other island garrisons...
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The Mindanao Railway, previously known as the Trans-Mindanao High Speed Railway, is a proposed railway system in Mindanao, the southernmost major island...
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The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Tagalog: Rehiyong Awtonomo ng Muslim Mindanao; Arabic: الحكم الذاتي الاقليمي لمسلمي مندناو Al-ḥukm adh-dhātī...
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