91st Division (Philippines)

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91st Division
91st Philippine Division Emblem 1941-42.jpg
91st Philippine Division Emblem 1941-42
Active1941 - 9 April 1942
CountryFlag of the Philippines (1946-1998).svg  Commonwealth of the Philippines
Branch Philippine Army
Type Infantry Division
Size6.000
Part of SLF (II Philippine Corps) (Jan 1942 - Apr 1942)
Reserve Force (Nov 1941 - Jan 1942)
Garrison/HQCamp Murphy, Quezon City, Rizal
Engagements World War II
Commanders
Commander(s)Col. (later BGen.) Luther R. Stevens Col. Stuart MacDonald (Acting)
Chief of StaffCol. Edgar H. Keltner
LCol. Jaime Velasquez
Brigadier General Luther Stevens an american in Philippine Army. Stevens Luther Ray.jpg
Brigadier General Luther Stevens an american in Philippine Army.

The 91st Infantry Division was a division of the Philippine Army under the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE).

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Organization

History

It was active from 1941 to April 9, 1942, whereupon it surrendered when Bataan fell. Col. (later BGen.) Luther R. Stevens (PA) was the division's commander, and Col. Edgar H. Keltner, Inf., was Chief of Staff. The unit was activated in Leyte and was transferred in November 1941 to Luzon taking only 91st, 92nd Infantry Regiments, and 91st Field Artillery Regiment. [1] 93rd Regiment was left behind as it was still being mobilized. Eventually 93rd was transferred to Mindanao by General Sharp commander of Visayan-Mindanao Force leaving only newly recruits and PC units defending in Leyte-Samar area. Additional supporting units area attached when the division reached Luzon.

Division Staffs

Colonel Stuart MacDonald was acting commander and Lieutenant Colonel Jaime Velasquez as Chief of Staff when the division as organized in Leyte in August. Ordered transfer to main land Luzon to bolster its defense Colonel Luther Steves arrived in November and assumed command. Colonel Stuart relegated as Division Chief of Staff, Colonel Velasquez as appointed as commandant of the division headquarters. When Colonel Stuart was appointed as South Luzon Force Chief of Staff, He was replaced by Colonel Edward Keltner. Division G3 is Captain Ricardo Papa.

Combat narrative

At the outset of hostilities, 8 December 1941, the 91st Division (PA) was part of the USAFFE Reserve Force, alongside the U.S. Army's Philippine Division, the 1st Tank Group (Provisional), and three smaller Philippine Scouts units (43rd Infantry (PS), 86th FA Bn. (PS), & 88th FA Regt. (PS).)

Order of battle

Order of battle (December 1941 to April 1942 in Bataan)

Unit in Mindanao

Post War

91st Infantry Division was not immediately reactivated after the war. It was however reactivated as Standby Reserve division under the Philippine Army Reserve Command in 1996 and moved its headquarters in Camp Dau in Pagadian City, Zamboanga Sibugay Province in Mindanao Island.

Notable members

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References

  1. Morton, Louis (July 26, 1952). The Fall of the Philippines. Washington, D.C.: Louis Morton. pp. 65–70.