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Disposition of Japanese Forces on Luzon, January 1945
Opposing forces
United States
Sixth Army: Walter Krueger (shown as a full general)
XIV Corps: Oscar W. Griswold (shown as a lieut. general)
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)
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)
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
158th Regimental Combat Team
[b]
13th Armored Group
6th Ranger Battalion
Japan
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
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
^ Chun, p. 21
^ Stanton, p. 121
^ Stanton, p. 125
^ Stanton, p. 130
^ Stanton, p. 85
^ Stanton, p. 99
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