The 91st Infantry Division was a division of the Philippine Army under the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE).
91st Division | |
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Active | 1941 - 9 April 1942 |
Country | Commonwealth of the Philippines |
Branch | Philippine Army |
Type | Infantry Division |
Size | 6.000 |
Part of | SLF (II Philippine Corps) (Jan 1942 - Apr 1942) Reserve Force (Nov 1941 - Jan 1942) |
Garrison/HQ | Camp Murphy, Quezon City, Rizal |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
Commander(s) | Col. (later BGen.) Luther R. Stevens Col. Stuart MacDonald (Acting) |
Chief of Staff | Col. Edgar H. Keltner LCol. Jaime Velasquez |
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 ws 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.
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).)
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.