61st Division (Philippines)

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61st Infantry Division (PA)
61st Philippine Division Emblem 1941-42
Active	1941-1942
Disbanded	May 9, 1942
Country	Commonwealth of the Philippines
Allegiance	United States Army Philippine Commonwealth Army
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry Division
Role	Territorial Defense
Size	8,000
Part of	Visayan Force Visayas-Mindanao Force
Garrison/HQ	Sara, Iloilo Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City
Equipment	M1911 Colt 45 Caliber Pistols M1917 Enfield .30 Caliber Bolt Action Rifles M1918 Browning Automatic Rifles M1923 Thompson Submachineguns M1917 Browning Machineguns TNT Charges Filipino Bolo
Engagements	World War II Philippines campaign (1941–1942) Japanese Invasion of Panay
Decorations	Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Philippine Defense Campaign Medal
Commanders
Chief of Staff	LCol. Franklin Fliniau Col. Albert Christie LCol. Juan Quimbo
General Staffs	G1 Personnel LCol Quidl G2 Intelligence LCol Nicolas Velardo LCol Tomas Cabili G3 Operations LCol Macario Peralta G4 Supply LCol Robert Britten
Special Staffs	Provost Marshal LCol Juan Quimbo
Notable commanders	Col. (later BGen.) Bradford G. Chynoweth Colonel (Later BGen.)Albert F. Christie
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The 61st Division of the Philippine Army was an infantry division from the 1941 to 1942.

In late 1941, there were two regular and ten reserve divisions in the Army of the Philippines, with about 100,000 to 300,000 active troops and officers in the general headquarters, camps in Manila and across the provinces of the Philippines. Among them were the Visayas-Mindanao Force under Colonel (Later MGen.) William F. Sharp in the southern islands (61st, 81st, and 101st Infantry Divisions plus three other infantry regiments),^[1] and the Reserve Force.