61st Division (Philippines)

61st Infantry Division (PA)
61st Philippine Division Emblem 1941-42
Active1941-1942
DisbandedMay 9, 1942
Country Commonwealth of the Philippines
Allegiance United States Army
Philippine Commonwealth Army
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry Division
RoleTerritorial Defense
Size8,000
Part ofVisayan Force
Visayas-Mindanao Force
Garrison/HQSara, Iloilo
Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City
EquipmentM1911 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
EngagementsWorld War II
DecorationsPhilippine Presidential Unit Citation
Philippine Defense Campaign Medal
Commanders
Chief of StaffUnited StatesLCol. Franklin Fliniau

United StatesCol. Albert Christie

PhilippinesLCol. Juan Quimbo
General StaffsG1 Personnel LCol Quidl

G2 Intelligence LCol Nicolas Velardo
LCol Tomas Cabili
G3 Operations LCol Macario Peralta

G4 Supply LCol Robert Britten
Special StaffsProvost Marshal LCol Juan Quimbo
Notable
commanders
United StatesCol. (later BGen.) Bradford G. Chynoweth
United StatesColonel (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.

  1. ^ But see http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/S/h/Sharp_William.htm; may have been a major general by the time war broke out