Regimental
HQ |
Probably
at the North Shore Road Tunnel between Rock Point and Cape Corregidor |
Regimental
C.O. |
Col.
Joseph P. Kohn (concurrent Groupment 4 Commander [all medium caliber
batteries covering North Channel plus Mine Command]) |
Regimental
X.O. |
Maj. Floyd
A. Mitchell |
HQ & HQ Battery: |
At Unit Command Station No. 10, Ft.
Mills, with a 10-man detachment assigned to Ft. Frank. |
C.O.: |
(1) Capt. Bert B. Backstrom (until
transferred to Battery B). |
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(2) Maj. Lawrence A. Bosworth |
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1st BATTALION |
C.O.: |
LCol Carl E. Englehart (concurrent Mine
group Commander). |
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2nd BATTALION |
H.Q.; |
at Unit Command Station No. 10. |
C.O.: |
Maj. Robert F. Haggerty (concurrent
Mine Group X.O.). |
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Battery A: |
Mine Planter Battery controlling outer
minefield between Corregidor and Cochinos Point, Bataan. C.P. at Primary
Fire Control Station at M'W, south of Battery Hanna. Additionally manned
Battery Stockade (2-155mm guns) at Middleside, overlooking Engineer Dock.
Had tactical command over 60-inch Searchlight No. 3 at Cheney ravine, about
100 yds south of M'W. |
C.O.: |
Capt. Richard A. Smith |
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Battery
B: |
Manned
Batteries Roock Point (2-155mm guns), James (4-3" guns) commanded by 1Lt.
Amadeo S. Garcia, 1st CA (PA), and Hanna (2-3" guns) commanded by Capt.
Albert E. Durie. One 155mm gun from Rock Point later relocated as Roving
Battery Ek, commanded by 1Lt. Karl L. Ek, Rock Pt. No. 1 gun Commander.
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C.O.: |
(1) Capt.
William H. Owen, Jr. (until wounded in action 14 Aprril 1942.) |
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(2) Capt.
Bert B. Backstrom |
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Battery
C |
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(1)
Late 1941 to 25 Dec 1941: |
assigned
to Ft. Wint, Grande Island as AA Battery "CEBU" (4-3" AA guns) and also
train Phil. Army units as AA Batteries. |
(2) 25
to 29 December 1941: |
(evacuated
Wint with all armament, attached to 2nd Bn. 60th CA and initially assigned
AA defenses near Dinalupihan, Bataan. |
(3) 29
Dec. to 6 Feb 1942: |
assigned
AA defenses Bataan Field. |
(4) 6
Feb to 8 April, 1942: |
assigned
AA defenses, Mariveles, Bataan. |
(5) 8
April, 1942: |
ordered
return to parent organization, Ft. Mills. |
(6) 9
April, 1942: |
returned
to Ft. Mills less armament: assigneed to man Battery Morrison (2-6"
disappearing guns) on Morrison Hill, facing Bataan. Fired counterbattery
until put out of action the same day. |
(7)10
to 15 April, 1942: |
Assigned
to man Battery Grubbs (2-10" disappearing guns) at Topside until put out of
action 15 April, 1942. |
(8) 15
April to 6 May, 1942 |
Assigned
to mqan two 155mm field artillery pieces in vicinity of Herring Field,
Middleside, named "battery Gulick" after its Battery C.O.; one gun disabled
by muzzle burst when first fired but second gun was in action until
surrender at noon, 6 May, 1942. |
C.O.: |
Capt. John
McM. Gulick. |
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Battery
D: |
Manned
Battery Sunset (4-155mm guns) between Batteries Smith and Hanna at Topside.
Two guns later removed and renamed Roving Batteries Byrne and Wright. |
C.O.: |
Capt.
Jerome S. Byrne |
X.O.
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2Lt. John
McN. Wright, Jr. |
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Battery
E ("Ermita"): |
Manned
Battery Ermita (4-3" guns) at Ft. Frank. |
C.O.:
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Maj. Joe
C. East |
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Battery
F: |
Manned
Batteries Koehler (8-12" mortars), Crofton (1-14" disappearing gun), and
Greer (1-14" disappearing gun) at Ft. Frank. Latter was never fired. Also
3-75 beach defense guns. |
C.O.: |
(1) Capt.
Robert J. White, until mortally wounded by muzzle burst at Btry Koehler, 6
February, 1942. |
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(2) Capt.
John H. Davis, Jr. |
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Battery
G: |
Controlled
inner minefield between Corregidor and Sisiman Pt., Bataan plus a number of
beach defense 75mm guns along north shore of Topside and Middleside. |
C.P.: |
At M'E
above and behind Battery James. |
C.O.: |
Maj. Erven
C. Sommerville |
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ADDITIONAL: |
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ROVING
BATTERY LEHR |
2-155mm
guns at Topside, Capt. Philip H. Lehr, Battery Commander and C.O. regimental
Band. |
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NOTE:
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All 155mm
guns above were M1917/M1918 GPF on Panama Mounts, except tractor drawn
"Roving" Batteries. |
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